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flavoenzyme

flavoenzyme noun: any oxidoreductase that requires FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide) as a prosthetic group that functions in electron transfers.

Noun

flavoenzyme (plural flavoenzymes)

  1. Any oxidoreductase that requires FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide) as a prosthetic group that functions in electron transfers

Forms of flavoenzyme

pluralflavoenzymes

Origin of flavoenzyme

From flavo- + enzyme.

Words formed from flavoenzyme

Questions about flavoenzyme

What does flavoenzyme mean?
Flavoenzyme means any oxidoreductase that requires FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide) as a prosthetic group that functions in electron transfers.
What part of speech is flavoenzyme?
Flavoenzyme is a noun.
What is the plural of flavoenzyme?
The plural of flavoenzyme is flavoenzymes.

Words near flavoenzyme in the dictionary

  1. flavodilol
  2. flavodomain
  3. flavodomains
  4. flavodoxin
  5. flavodoxins
  6. flavoenzyme
  7. flavoenzymes
  8. flavogallol
  9. flavoglaucin
  10. flavoglobin
  11. flavoglobins

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