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nitroreductase

nitroreductase noun: an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of nitro groups.

Noun

nitroreductase (plural nitroreductases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of nitro groups

Forms of nitroreductase

pluralnitroreductases

Origin of nitroreductase

From nitro- + reductase.

Questions about nitroreductase

What does nitroreductase mean?
Nitroreductase means an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of nitro groups.
What part of speech is nitroreductase?
Nitroreductase is a noun.
What is the plural of nitroreductase?
The plural of nitroreductase is nitroreductases.

Words near nitroreductase in the dictionary

  1. nitroquinoline
  2. nitroquinolines
  3. nitroquinols
  4. nitroquinoxaline
  5. nitroquinoxalines
  6. nitroreductase
  7. nitroreductases
  8. nitroreduction
  9. nitroreductions
  10. nitros
  11. nitrosaccharin

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