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MeSH Heading: Polysaccharide-Lyases
Tree Number(s): D08.811.520.241.700
Unique ID: D011133
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011133
Scope Note: A group of carbon-oxygen lyases. These enzymes catalyze the breakage of a carbon-oxygen bond in polysaccharides leading to an unsaturated product and the elimination of an alcohol. EC 4.2.2.
Entry Term(s): Polysaccharide Lyase; Polysaccharide-Lyase
Registry Numbers: EC 4.2.2.-
Previous Indexing: Lyases (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Polysaccharide-Lyases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025