reductase
See also: réductase
English
Noun
reductase (plural reductases)
- (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
- 2008, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 187
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