oxidoreductase

English

Etymology

From its morphology, oxido- +‎ reductase.

Noun

oxidoreductase (plural oxidoreductases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction.
- 2011, Charles G. D. Brook, Peter Clayton, Rosalind Brown, Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, page 196:
  It remains to be seen whether oxidoreductase deficiency is a significant cause of non-syndromic ambiguous genitalia in newborn females and undermasculinized males of unknown diagnosis as assessed by urinary steroid analyses.

Translations

enzyme that catalyzes redox reactions

Finnish: oksidoreduktaasi
German: Oxidoreduktase f
Icelandic: oxídóredúktasi m
Italian: ossidoreduttasi (it) f
Vietnamese: oxiđoređuctaza

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