oxidoreductase love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction reaction.

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  • noun biochemistry Any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction.

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  • noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[oxid(ation) + reduct(ion) + –ase.]

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Examples

  • Most of my work has centred around the cytochrome bc1 complex, but I've looked at NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase too.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Unkefer and William S. Hlavacek, Prediction of oxidoreductase-catalyzed reactions based on atomic properties of metabolites, Bioinformatics, 2006 2224:3082-3088; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btl535

    CDK Literature #1 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • Unkefer and William S. Hlavacek, Prediction of oxidoreductase-catalyzed reactions based on atomic properties of metabolites, Bioinformatics, 2006 2224:3082-3088; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btl535

    Archive 2007-01-01 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Ndi1) extends Drosophila lifespan.

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  • Although there are several ER-localized HSPs that can potentially chaperone PRRs, including calnexin, calreticulin, protein disulfide isomerase, gp96, thiol-oxidoreductase ERp57, and BiP, to date only gp96 has been demonstrated to function in PRR-folding

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chang-Jin Park et al. 2010

  • Solid Black: SCD mutations, Orange: amino acids outside the prenyltransferase domain, Blue: acidic residues, Red: basic residues, HRM: heme regulatory motif (box), CxxC: oxidoreductase motif (CAAC, small circle), Green: S75F polymorphism. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0010760.g003

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael L. Nickerson et al. 2010

  • Although there are several ER-localized HSPs that can potentially chaperone PRRs, including calnexin, calreticulin, protein disulfide isomerase, gp96, thiol-oxidoreductase ERp57, and BiP, to date only gp96 has been demonstrated to function in PRR-folding

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chang-Jin Park et al. 2010

  • Fiorani M, Accorsi A (2005) Dietary flavonoids as intracellular substrates for an erythrocyte trans-plasma membrane oxidoreductase activity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Bernice Wright et al. 2010

  • CYP1A1, glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and NAD (P) H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) are important enzymes in the metabolism of tobacco carcinogens, and functional genetic polymorphisms are known for these enzymes.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • It is involved in zinc binding and has oxidoreductase activity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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