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metalloreductase

metalloreductase noun: any reductase that is a metalloenzyme.

Noun

metalloreductase (plural metalloreductases)

  1. Any reductase that is a metalloenzyme
    • For plants, no corresponding metalloreductase has so far been found [58 ] indicating that the main storage form of iron in the vacuole appears to be complexed Fe(II).2016 January 23, “The Organization of Controller Motifs Leading to Robust Plant Iron Homeostasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of metalloreductase

pluralmetalloreductases

Origin of metalloreductase

From metallo- + reductase.

Questions about metalloreductase

What does metalloreductase mean?
Metalloreductase means any reductase that is a metalloenzyme.
What part of speech is metalloreductase?
Metalloreductase is a noun.
What is the plural of metalloreductase?
The plural of metalloreductase is metalloreductases.

Words near metalloreductase in the dictionary

  1. metalloproteomes
  2. metalloproteomic
  3. metalloproteomics
  4. metalloradical
  5. metalloradicals
  6. metalloreductase
  7. metalloreductases
  8. metalloregulation
  9. metalloregulator
  10. metalloregulators
  11. metalloregulatory

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