reductase

See also: réductase

English

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reductase

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Etymology

From reduct(ion) + -ase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

Derived terms

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

Translations

enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate

Finnish: reduktaasi French: réductase (fr) f Italian: riduttasi f Japanese: 還元酵素 (kangen-kōso) Spanish: reductasa (es) f