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re⋅duc⋅tase

[ri-duhk-teys, -teyz]
–noun Biochemistry.
any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.

Origin:
1900–05; reduct(ion) + -ase
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re·duc·tase   (rĭ-dŭk'tās', -tāz')   
n.  Any of various enzymes that catalyze the reduction of an organic compound.

[reduct(ion) + -ase.]
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Main Entry: re·duc·tase
Pronunciation: -"tAs, -"tAz
Function: noun
: an enzyme that catalyzes chemical reduction
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reductase re·duc·tase (rĭ-dŭk'tās', -tāz')
n.
An enzyme that promotes reduction of an organic compound.

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