reductase

noun

reductase

noun

/ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/

Etymology From reduct(ion) + -ase.

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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.

disulfide reduction by glutathione is a three-step process, the last of which is catalyzed by glutathione reductase2008, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 187:

Derived terms: azoreductase, dinitrogenase reductase, dinitrogen reductase, ferrireductase, ketoreductase, metalloreductase, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, nitrite reductase, nitroreductase, oxidoreductase, PETN reductase, reductasic, sepiapterin reductase, thioreductase

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