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mycoredoxin

mycoredoxin noun: an oxidoreductase that reduces arsenates to arsenite, typically as a defence mechanism against arsenic poisoning.

Noun

mycoredoxin (uncountable)

  1. An oxidoreductase that reduces arsenates to arsenite, typically as a defence mechanism against arsenic poisoning.

Origin of mycoredoxin

From myco- + redoxin.

Questions about mycoredoxin

What does mycoredoxin mean?
Mycoredoxin means an oxidoreductase that reduces arsenates to arsenite, typically as a defence mechanism against arsenic poisoning.
What part of speech is mycoredoxin?
Mycoredoxin is a noun.

Words near mycoredoxin in the dictionary

  1. mycoplasmoses
  2. mycoplasmosis
  3. mycoplasms
  4. mycoprotein
  5. mycoproteins
  6. mycoredoxin
  7. mycoremediate
  8. mycoremediated
  9. mycoremediates
  10. mycoremediating
  11. mycoremediation

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