reductase
See also: réductase
English
editEtymology
editFrom reduct(ion) + -ase.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editreductase (plural reductases)
- (biochemistry) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
- 2008, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 187:
- disulfide reduction by glutathione is a three-step process, the last of which is catalyzed by glutathione reductase