phenoloxidase

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noun

An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes

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Meanings

nounphenoloxidase (plural phenoloxidases)

plural phenoloxidases · alternative phenol oxidase

  1. biochemistryAn enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes

    In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle […]

    1991, Gregory W. Narr, Nicholas Cohen, Phylogenesis of Immune Functions, →ISBN, page 48

Origin

From phenol + oxidase.

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Translations

Portuguese fenoloxidase
  • fenoloxidasean enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation
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