Reductase

Definition: Reductase

Reductase

Noun

1. An enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance.

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Health

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Reductase

Books

• Enzymology and molecular biology of carbonyl metabolism : aldehyde dehydrogenase, aldo-keto reductase, and alcohol dehydrogenase : proceedings of an international workshop held in Espoo, Finland, June 14-16, 1986 (reference)

• Enzymology of carbonyl metabolism 2 : aldehyde dehydrogenase, aldo-keto reductase, and alcohol dehydrogenase : proceedings of an international workshop, held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, July 1-4, 1984 (reference)

• Aldose Reductase Inhibition: An Approach to the Prevention of Diabetic Complications (reference)

• Current Concepts of Aldose Reductase and Its Inhibitions: Proceedings of the Japan-Us Aldose Reductase Workshop, Nagoya, Japan, 16-17 November, 1989 (reference)

• Regulation, Structure and Function of Glutathione Reductase and Its Transcriptional Regulator Ntca from the Cyanobacterium Anabaena Pcc 7120 (comprehe (reference)

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Tetrathionate enrichment broth contains bile salts, thereby, inhibiting the growth of gram-positive organisms, while salmonella, an organism which possess the enzyme tetrathionate reductase, grows uninhibited.Credit: CDC.

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Health

One approach that appeared promising involved the use of aldose reductase inhibitors (ARIs). (references)

HMGCoA reductase inhibitors decrease triglycerides in the intermediate levels and increase HDL in patients with hypercholesterolemia and low HDL. They have modest effectiveness on higher triglyceride levels. (references)

It is not known whether the addition of hydroxymethylglu-taryl CoA (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors to bile acid therapy will contribute to the dissolution rate or if the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID's) will reduce recurrence rates. (references)

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Expressions using "reductase": Aldehyde Reductase ♦ Aldose Reductase Inhibitor ♦ cinnamoyl CoA reductase ♦ Cortisone Reductase ♦ Dihydropteridine Reductase ♦ Dinitrogenase Reductase ♦ Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase ♦ Fructuronate Reductase ♦ Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors ♦ Methemoglobin Reductase ♦ NADH Tetrazolium Reductase ♦ NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase ♦ Progesterone Reductase ♦ Protein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione) ♦ Ribonucleoside Diphosphate Reductase ♦ Thioredoxin Reductase (NADPH) ♦ Ubiquinol-Cytochrome-c Reductase. Additional references.

Ending with "reductase": 15-Oxoprostaglandin 13-Reductase, 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE.

Chinese 

还原酶. (various references)

Danish

reduktaseprøve (reductase test), glutathion-reduktasemangel-anæmi (glutathione reductase deficiency anaemia). (various references)

Dutch

reductio (reductase test, reduction), reductie (abbreviation, reductase test, reduction, simplification). (various references)

French

inhibiteur de réductase dihydrofolate (dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor), inhibiteur de l'HMG-CoA réductase (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors), HMG-CoA réductase (HMG CoA reductase), dihydrofolate réductase (dihydrofolate reductase), cytochrome P-450 réductase (cytochrome P-450 reductase), ß-hydroxy-ß-méthyl-glutaryl-CoA réductase (HMG CoA reductase), ß-Hydroxi-ß-methyl-glutaryl-CoA-Reduktase (HMG CoA reductase), anémie par carence en glutation-réductase (glutathione reductase deficiency anaemia). (various references)

German

Reduktase-Test (reductase test), Reduktase-Probe (reductase test), HMG-CoA-Reduktase-Inhibitor (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors), HMG-CoA-Reduktase (HMG CoA reductase), Glutathionreduktasemangelanämie (glutathione reductase deficiency anaemia), Cytochrom P-450-Reduktase (cytochrome P-450 reductase). (various references)

Greek 

αναιμία από έλλειψη γλουταθείου-αναγωγάσης (glutathione reductase deficiency anaemia). (various references)

Italian

prova della riduttasi (reductase test), prova del blu di metilene (reductase test), inibitore dell'HMG-CoA riduttasi (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors), diidrofolatoriduttasi (dihydrofolate reductase), citocromo P-450 riduttasi (cytochrome P-450 reductase), ß-idrossi-ß-metilglutaril-CoA-riduttasi (HMG CoA reductase). (various references)

Pig Latin

eductaseray

Portuguese

teste redutase (reductase test), teste da reductase (reductase test), anemia por deficiência da redutase do glutatião (glutathione reductase deficiency anaemia). (various references)

Spanish

test de la reductasa (reductase test), citocromo P-450 reductasa (cytochrome P-450 reductase), anemia por carencia de glutatión-reductasa (glutathione reductase deficiency anaemia). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "reductase": reductases. (additional references)

Words ending with "reductase": oxidoreductase. (additional references)

Words containing "reductase": oxidoreductases. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: educates, secateur, traduces.

-2 letters: austere, catered, cerated, cerates, cesurae, creased, created, creates, crested, crudest, crusade, crusted, curated, curates, custard, dearest, decares, derates, ecartes, educate, eructed, reacted, recused, redacts, redates, reduces, rescued, sauteed, scarted, secured, sedater, seducer, traduce.

-3 letters: acuter, acutes, aretes, cadets, cadres, carets, carted, cartes, caster, caters, caused, causer, ceased, cedars, ceders, cerate, cereus, certes, ceruse, cesura, crated, crates, crease, create, creeds, crudes, cruets, cruset, cuesta, curate, curets, cursed, daters, decare, derate, derats, desert, deters, deuces, ducats, duster, easter, eaters, ecarte, educes, educts, erased, erects, eructs, etudes, reacts, recast, rectus, recuse, recuts, redact, redate, reduce, rescue, reseat, reseau, resect, reseda, rested, retuse, reused, rudest, rusted, sacred, sauced, saucer, sauted, scared, screed, seared, seated, seater, secret, secure, sedate, seduce, stared, teared, teased, teaser, terces, traced, traces, trades, treads, truced, truces, urates, urease.

-4 letters: acred, acres, acted, acute, adust, aedes, arced, arcus, arete, aster, aures, cades, cadet, cadre, cards, cared, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, cased, caste, cater, cates, cause, cease, cedar, ceder, cedes, cered, ceres, cesta, cetes, crate, creed, crest, crude, cruds, cruet, cruse, crust, curds, cured, cures, curet, curse, curst, cuter, cutes, daces, dares, darts, dater, dates, dauts, dears, deers, deets, derat, deter, deuce, drats, drees, drest, druse, ducat, duces, ducts, duets, duras, dures, durst, eared, eased, eater, ecrus, educe, educt, erase, erect, eruct, escar, ester, etude, raced, races, rased, rated, rates, react, reads, recta, recut, redes, reeds, reest, reset, reuse, saree, sated, sauce, saute, scare, scart, scaur, scree, scuta, scute, seder, serac, sered, setae, stade, stare, stead, steed, steer, stere, sucre, suede, sutra, taces, tared, tares, tears, tease, terce, terse, trace, trade, tread, treed, trees, truce, trued, trues, tsade, turds, urase, urate, ureas, ursae.

-5 letters: aced, aces, acre, acts, arcs, ares, arse, arts, ates, cade, cads, card, care, cars, cart, case, cast, cate, cats, cede, cees, cere, cete, crud, crus, cuds, cued, cues, curd, cure, curs, curt, cute, cuts, dace, dare, dart, date, daut, dear, deer, dees, deet, dere, drat, dree, duce, duct, dues, duet, dura, dure, dust, ears, ease, east, eats, ecru, ecus, eras, erst, etas, race, rads, rase, rate, rats, read, recs, rede, reds, reed, rees, rest, rete, rets, rude, rued, rues, ruse, rust, ruts, sade, sard, sate, scad, scar, scat, scud, scut, sear, seat, sect, seed, seer, sera, sere, seta, star, stud, sued, suer, suet, sura, surd, sure, tace, tads, tare, tars, taus, tear, teas, teds, teed, tees, trad, tree, true, tsar, turd, urds, urea, ursa, used, user, utas.

+1 letter: reductases, reeducates.

+2 letters: edulcorates, underreacts.

+3 letters: overeducates, quarterdecks, reduplicates, reeducations, resuscitated, traducements.

+4 letters: counterstated, countertrades, creaturehoods, documentaries, propaedeutics, unconsecrated.

+5 letters: bureaucratised, counterdemands, counterstained, discouragement, overeducations, overspeculated, oxidoreductase, rediscountable, subcategorized, undersecretary, unpredictables.

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