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nitrite reductase

nitrite reductase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of nitrite ions.

Noun

nitrite reductase (plural nitrite reductases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of nitrite ions

Forms of nitrite reductase

pluralnitrite reductases

Questions about nitrite reductase

What does nitrite reductase mean?
Nitrite reductase means any enzyme that catalyses the reduction of nitrite ions.
What part of speech is nitrite reductase?
Nitrite reductase is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrite reductase?
The plural of nitrite reductase is nitrite reductases.

Words near nitrite reductase in the dictionary

  1. nitrimine
  2. nitrimines
  3. nitritation
  4. nitritations
  5. nitrite
  6. nitrite reductase
  7. nitrite reductases
  8. nitrites
  9. nitritopentamminocobalt
  10. nitrituria
  11. nitro

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