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reductase

Syllables: re·duct·ase/ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/

reductase noun: an enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.

Noun

reductase (plural reductases)

  1. An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
    • disulfide reduction by glutathione is a three-step process, the last of which is catalyzed by glutathione reductase2008, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 187

Forms of reductase

pluralreductases

Plural of reductase: reductases

Origin of reductase

From reduct(ion) + -ase.

Words formed from reductase

Questions about reductase

What does reductase mean?
Reductase means an enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
What part of speech is reductase?
Reductase is a noun.
How do you pronounce reductase?
Reductase is pronounced /ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/.
What is the plural of reductase?
The plural of reductase is reductases.

Words near reductase in the dictionary

  1. reducing sugar
  2. reducing sugars
  3. reduct
  4. reductant
  5. reductants
  6. reductase
  7. reductases
  8. reductasic
  9. reducted
  10. reductibilities
  11. reductibility

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