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ketoreductions

ketoreductions is the plural of ketoreduction.

Meaning of ketoreduction

Noun

ketoreduction (plural ketoreductions)

  1. The reduction of a ketone (typically to an alcohol)
    • In addition to that, a co-expression system composed of 6 act earlier genes (KS-, CLP-, ACP-, KR-, ARO- and CYC-encoding genes) together with med-ORF12 could result in the production of (S)-DNPA 7, proposing that Med-ORF12 could catalyze a stereospecific ketoreduction at C3 of the bicyclic...2015 July 11, “Functional Characterization of a Ketoreductase-Encoding Gene med -ORF12 Involved in the Formation of a Stereospecific Pyran Ring during the Biosynthesis of an Antitumor Antibiotic...

Questions about ketoreductions

What is ketoreductions the plural of?
Ketoreductions is the plural of ketoreduction.

Words near ketoreductions in the dictionary

  1. ketopyranose
  2. ketopyranoses
  3. ketoreductase
  4. ketoreductases
  5. ketoreduction
  6. ketoreductions
  7. ketoret
  8. ketorfanol
  9. ketorolac
  10. ketos
  11. ketosamine

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