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

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Isomerases

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Ligases

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Lyases

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Hydrolases

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Solution

The correct option is A
Isomerases

Isomerases catalyze the change of a substrate into a related isomeric form by rearrangement of molecules. Dihydroxyacetone-3-phosphate $Triose ⇌ Phophate isomerase$ Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

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