maksualase
Maksualase is a hypothetical enzyme commonly presented in introductory biochemistry texts to illustrate principles of enzyme catalysis. It is not known to correspond to any enzyme found in living systems and is defined for educational purposes to explore how catalytic proteins might operate. In many examples, maksualase acts on a fictional substrate called maksulose, undergoing a standard hydrolytic reaction that splits the substrate into two products.
Mechanism and properties discussed in teaching materials describe maksualase as a serine hydrolase–type enzyme with a
Substrates, products, and inhibitors depicted for maksualase in teaching contexts are designed to demonstrate core concepts
Origin and status in literature: The maksualase construct originated in educational material as a safe, non-biological