reductase

noun
/ɹɪˈdʌk.teɪz/

Etymology

From reduct(ion) + -ase.

Definitions

  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 reductase

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reductase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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