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Dihydroxyacetone-3 phosphate and glycera...

Dihydroxyacetone-3 phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate are interconvertible. The enzyme responsible for this interconversion belongs to the cateogry of

A

isomerases

B

ligases

C

lyases

D

hydrolases.

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A
Isomerases catalyse the change of a substrate into a related isomeric form by rearrangement of molecules.
`"Dihydroxyacetone-3-phosphate" underset(underset("Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate")("phosphate isomerase"))overset("Triose")hArr`
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