Synthase
In biochemistry, a synthase is an enzyme that catalyses a synthesis process.
Following the EC number classification, they belong to the group of lyases.
Note that, originally, biochemical nomenclature distinguished synthetases and synthases. Under the original definition, synthases do not use energy from nucleoside triphosphates, whereas synthetases do use nucleoside triphosphates. However, the Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature dictates that 'synthase' can be used with any enzyme that catalyzes synthesis, whereas 'synthetase' is to be used synonymously with 'ligase'.Examples
