reductase
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re·duc·tase
(rĭ-dŭk'tās', -tāz') 
n.
Any of various enzymes that catalyze the reduction of an organic compound.
n.
Any of various enzymes that catalyze the reduction of an organic compound.
[REDUCT(ION) + -ASE.]
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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re·duc·tase
(rĭ-dŭk'tās', -tāz')
n.
n.
An enzyme that promotes reduction of an organic compound.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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reductase
a donor:acceptor oxidoreductase enzyme (EC class 1) when named after the more oxidized alternative substrate and when O2 is not a substrate. See oxidoreductase.
| reductant, reducing sugar, reducing end | |
| reduction, reduction division, reduction potential |
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