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ferrireductases

ferrireductases is the plural of ferrireductase.

Meaning of ferrireductase

Noun

ferrireductase (plural ferrireductases)

  1. Any enzyme that reduces ferric iron to ferrous, often as a byproduct of another operation
    • Furthermore, Fe 3+ is reduced to Fe 2+ by a ferrireductase in the endosomal membrane, the six transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 3 [9, 10 ].2015 July 11, “Fe(III) Is Essential for Porcine Embryonic Development via Mitochondrial Function Maintenance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about ferrireductases

What is ferrireductases the plural of?
Ferrireductases is the plural of ferrireductase.

Words near ferrireductases in the dictionary

  1. ferripyochelin
  2. ferripyoverdine
  3. ferripyrophyllite
  4. ferripyrophyllites
  5. ferrireductase
  6. ferrireductases
  7. Ferris
  8. ferris wheel
  9. Ferris wheels
  10. ferrisicklerite
  11. ferrisiderophore

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