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reductase en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/

Etymology

From reduct(ion) + -ase.

Meanings

1. An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
   • disulfide reduction by glutathione is a three-step process, the last of which is catalyzed by glutathione reductase 2008, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 187:

Forms

Deriveds

dinitrogenase reductase · methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase · thioreductase · azoreductase · PETN reductase · oxidoreductase · sepiapterin reductase · reductasic · nitroreductase · ferrireductase · dinitrogen reductase · metalloreductase · ketoreductase · nitrite reductase

Translations (6)

fr réductase (enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate) · fi reduktaasi (enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate) · ja 還元酵素 (enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate) · es reductasa (enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate) · it riduttasi (enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate) · pl reduktaza (enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate)