reductase

See also: réductase

English

Etymology

From reduct(ion) + -ase.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/
  • Hyphenation: re‧duct‧ase

Noun

reductase (plural reductases)

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

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