Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various enzymes that catalyze the reduction of an organic compound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A reducing ferment.
Wiktionary
- n. An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
Etymologies
- reduct(ion) + -ase.
Examples
“Because neonates have both an immature NADH-dependent methemoglobin reductase system and higher levels of fetal hemoglobin,11-12 they are more susceptible to the oxidative stresses which can be seen with phenazopyridine.”
“I need 3 reasons why HMG-CoA reductase is a better target for inhibting cholesterol synthesis than other enzymes in the pathway.”
“These drugs act by inhibiting the liver enzyme called HMG CoA reductase, which is responsible for producing cholesterol.”
“LOR-2040 (formerly GTI-2040) is an antisense drug that specifically targets the R2 component of ribonucleotide reductase, which is required for DNA synthesis and cell proliferation.”
“Finasteride in the female hair loss remedy works by blocking 5-alpha reductase, which is an enzyme that converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT).”
“One possible explanation for these results is that alsSD is part of a pathway that includes acetoin reductase, which is required to convert acetoin to 2,3-butanediol, and expression of the corresponding gene (SA0239 in the N315 genome) was also reduced in a sarA mutant may not fully restore the ability to convert pyruvate to 2,3-butanediol.”
“By blocking the enzyme HMG Co-A reductase hydroxymethyl glutaric acid-CoA reductase which is responsible for transforming HMG to mevalonate.”
“Finasteride is effective against this kind of baldness for it acts as an inhibitor of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase which is responsible for the formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) the compound that causes baldness.”
“The physiological electron acceptor for the reductase is the Rieske-type ferredoxin, which is proposed to be an intermediate electron carrier between the reductase and terminal catalytic component of the system [9]) [2, 4, 6, 9] Specific activity (U/mg) 0.085”
“The clinical use of HMG CoA-reductase inhibitors and the associated depletion of coenzyme Q10: A review of animal and human publications.”
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