
BioCat 101: Enzyme Class Overview
Discover unique features of different enzyme classes, including short introductions, mechanistic behavior, and how each enzyme is applied in academia and industry.
- Lipases
- Ketoreductase (KRED)
- Ene-Reductase (ERED)
- Laccases
- Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase (BVMO)
- Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase (VHPO)
- Uspecific Peroxidase (UPO)
- Monoamine Oxidase (MAO)
- Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase
- Radical SAM
- Non-Heme Iron Hydroxylase
- Flavin-Dependent Halogenase
- Amine Transaminase (ATA)
- Cytochrome P450
- Imine Reductase (IRED)
- Squalene Hopene Cyclases (SHC)
- Nitroreductase (NR)
- Kinase
- Halohydrin Dehalogenase (HHD)
- Class I Aldolase
- Class II Aldolase
- Carboxylic Acid Reductase
- Diels-Alderases
Discover Lipase Enzyme Basics
An overview highlighting lipase enzyme properties.




Explore References: Lipases
- From structure to catalysis: recent developments in the biotechnological applications of lipases
- The Recent Advances in the Utility of Microbial Lipases: A Review
- Multi-Choice Enzymatic Resolutions of Racemic Secondary Alcohols Using Candida antarctica Lipase B. A Collaborative Experiment for Advanced Undergraduates
- Lipases: Valuable catalysts for dynamic kinetic resolutions
- Application of Lipase B from Candida antarctica in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- (S)-Convergent Deracemization of Racemic Esters with (R)-Selective Lipase: Pickering Emulsion Strategy for Enantiodivergent Synthesis Using a Native Enzyme
- Efficient Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Pelitrexol via Enzymic Differentiation of a Remote Stereocenter
- Base-Free Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols with a Ruthenium–Lipase Couple
- Dynamic kinetic resolution of tert-alcohols via combination of a lipase/Brønsted acid in a biphasic reaction medium
- Lipase-Catalyzed Michael Addition in ‘Water-like’ Ionic Liquids and Tertiary Amides: What Is the Role of the Enzymes?