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What is a reductase?

What is a reductase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
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The authors also thank their colleague for sending them the coordinates of mercuric ion reductase.
Sulphate reduction is initiated and carried out by the enzyme APS reductase in leaf and root plastids.
The enzymatic mechanism of detoxification involves dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase and other enzymes.
The polyol pathway uses the enzyme aldose reductase to convert glucose to sorbitol.
This would be analogous to other flavoproteins such as mercuric ion reductase, lipoamide dehydrogenase, and thioredoxin reductase.
In patients with normal reductase function, significant production of methemoglobin would require even larger doses of isosorbide-5-mononitrate.

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