metalloreductase

noun

Any reductase that is a metalloenzyme

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Meanings

nounmetalloreductase (plural metalloreductases)

plural metalloreductases

  1. biochemistryAny reductase that is a metalloenzyme

    For plants, no corresponding metalloreductase has so far been found [58 ] indicating that the main storage form of iron in the vacuole appears to be complexed Fe(II).

    2016 January 23, “The Organization of Controller Motifs Leading to Robust Plant Iron Homeostasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From metallo- + reductase.

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