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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REDUCTASE

From reduction + -ase.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REDUCTASE

reductase  [rɪˈdʌkteɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REDUCTASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reductase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REDUCTASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of reductase in the English dictionary

The definition of reductase in the dictionary is any enzyme that catalyses a biochemical reduction reaction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REDUCTASE


anatase
ˈænəˌteɪz
aromatase
əˈrəʊməˌteɪz
invertase
ɪnˈvɜːteɪz
maltase
ˈmɔːlteɪz
mutase
ˈmʌteɪz
naiveties
naɪˈiːvəteɪz
oxidoreductase
ˌɒksɪˌdəʊrɪˈdʌkteɪz
stays
steɪz
sulfatase
ˈsʌlfəˌteɪz
sulphatase
ˈsʌlfəˌteɪz
synaptase
sɪˈnæpteɪz
synthetase
ˈsɪnθəˌteɪz
transcriptase
trænˈskrɪpteɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REDUCTASE

reducer
reducibility
reducible
reducibleness
reducibly
reducing agent
reducing glass
reductant
reductio ad absurdum
reduction
reduction division
reduction formula
reductional
reductionism
reductionist
reductionistic
reductive
reductively
reductiveness
reductor

WORDS THAT END LIKE REDUCTASE

base
case
case-by-case
cytochrome reductase
database
diastase
dioptase
disease
ease
elastase
in any case
in case
in no case
increase
lactase
Nastase
on the increase
pectase
phosphatase
reverse transcriptase

Synonyms and antonyms of reductase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reductase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REDUCTASE

Find out the translation of reductase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reductase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reductase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

还原酶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reductasa
570 millions of speakers

English

reductase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रिडक्टेस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اختزال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

редуктазы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

redutase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রিডাকটেস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réductase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reductase
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reduktase
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

還元酵素
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

환원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reductase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

reductase
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரிடக்ட்டேசின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिडक्टेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

redüktaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reduttasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reduktazy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

редуктази
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reductaza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναγωγάσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reduktase
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reduktas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reduktase
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reductase

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REDUCTASE»

The term «reductase» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.006 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REDUCTASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «reductase» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «reductase» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reductase

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REDUCTASE»

Discover the use of reductase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reductase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hmg-Coa Reductase Inhibitors
It sets the stage for creative thinking among scientists of many disciplines for the accomplishment of our ultimate goals in treating atherosclerosis and its sequelae. This topical volume.
Gerd Schmitz, Michael Torzewski, 2002
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Ribonucleotide Reductase
The subject of this book is the amazing enzyme ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), the enzyme responsible for the conversion of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides.
Kristoffer Andersson, 2008
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Inhibitors of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase activity
The purpose of this volume is to review studies dealing with the ribonucleotide reductase in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and factors which may be involved in the control of deoxyribonucleotide formation in mammalian cells, including ...
Joseph G. Cory, Ann H. Cory, 1989
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Regulation of HMG-CoA Reductase
Incubation of homogenous reductase kinase with [y-BZP]ATP and partially purified reductase kinase kinase (from rat liver cytosol) led to phosphorylation of the reductase kinase protein (as examined by gel electrophoresis). Treatment of the ...
Benjamin Preiss, 1985
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Advanced Therapy of Prostate Disease
Male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 a-reductase deficiency was first described by Imperato-McGinley et al. and Walsh et al. in 1974. l'2 In this syndrome, which was phenotypically called pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadius, ...
Martin I. Resnick, Ian Murchie Thompson, 2000
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HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors: a review of published clinical ...
The present study is a review of published clinical trials and pharmacoeconomic evaluations of lipid-lowering agents, focusing mainly on HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
Christine Perras, Jean-Franco̧is Baladi, Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment, 1997
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Yeast Reductase Reductions of Alpha-keto-beta-lactams; ...
The absolute configurations of all 3-hydroxy-beta-lactams were established by X-ray crystallography and a new "mix and shake" 1H NMR methodology.
Yan Yang, 2005
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Analysis of a Multifunctional Thiosulfate Reductase and Its ...
In Citrobacter, glucose repressed tetrathionate reductase activity and caused a decrease in metabolic growth rate (28). In addition to CRP, S. typhimurium Ttr is regulated by a two-component sensor histidine kinase (TtrS) / DNA-binding ...
Eulandria M. Biddle, 2009
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Acid-base Catalysis in the Mechanism of Thioredoxin ...
Chapter 2: The function of His-464' in acid-base catalysis of thioredoxin reductase from Drosophila melanogaster A. Abstract Thioredoxin reductase ( TrxR) catalyses the reduction of thioredoxin (Trx) by NADPH. Like other members of the ...
Hsin-Hung Huang, 2008
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Respiration in Archaea and Bacteria: Diversity of ...
Evolutionary distance tree of amino acid sequences of enzymes in the DMSO reductase family. Characterized enzyme families are indicated as wedges which represent the phylogenetic span of the sequences that comprise the family.
Davide Zannoni, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REDUCTASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reductase is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thioredoxin Reductase Inhibitors – Pipeline Insights, 2015 …
The Report Thioredoxin Reductase Inhibitors – Pipeline Insights, 2015 provides information on pricing, market analysis, shares, forecast, and company profiles ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
2
Potent approach shows promise for chronic pain
"Reverse engineering" the BH4 pathway reveals sepiapterin reductase (SPR) as a new target for analgesic treatments. This take on Michelangelo's famous ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
3
GCSE students are dominating Twitter again - this time they're …
annie (@njhlashton) June 5, 2015. But seriously, how many of us grown adults actually know which part of the liver produces reductase? Show of hands? «BT.com, Jun 15»
4
Atomic map reveals clues to how cholesterol is made
The mapping project focused on one of these, known as a sterol reductase, which helps two electrons travel from a molecule known as NADPH to another ... «The Rockefeller University Newswire, Oct 14»
5
Blocking African sleeping sickness' tiny culprit
The relatively small inhibitor molecule attaches itself to one wall of the deep and long canyon formed by the pathogen's trypanothione reductase enzyme and ... «Phys.Org, Oct 14»
6
Cancer and your 'QR' pathway
Quinone reductase is abbreviated in the medical community Nqo1. Let's just call it QR for simplicity. QR is just an enzyme that gives your body one last chance to ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 14»
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Use of 5α-reductase inhibitors may not increase risk of high-grade …
1. The use of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5ARIs) was not associated with increased risk of developing high-grade or lethal prostate cancer. 2. 5ARI use was ... «2 Minute Medicine, Jun 14»
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Class: lipid lowering agent (antihyperlipidemic, HMG-COA …
Class: lipid lowering agent (antihyperlipidemic, HMG-COA Reductase Inhibitor, statin). Treatment Uses: For primary prevention of MI or stroke in high-risk ... «EMS1.com, May 14»
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Enzymatic Method for Determining Nitrate in Wastewater Reaches …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that The Nitrate Elimination Company, Inc. Method N07-0003 "Method for Nitrate Reductase ... «EP Magazine, May 14»
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Redox cycling by DsrC protein suggests reason for interaction with …
Structure of Desulfovibrio vulgaris dissimilatory sulfite reductase DsrAB (grey) with bound (cyan) and dissociated (magenta) DsrC proteins. DsrC sulfur atoms ... «Phys.Org, Jan 14»

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