Reductase
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
noun
1.
any enzyme that catalyses a biochemical reduction reaction
reductase re·duc·tase (rĭ-dŭk’tās’, -tāz’)
n.
An enzyme that promotes reduction of an organic compound.
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