還かん元げん酵こう素そ

noun

reductase

A biochemical term for an enzyme that catalyzes a reduction reaction. Often used in technical contexts; the loanword レダクターゼ is also common.

See also: レダクターゼ

• この還かん元げん酵こう素そは、特とく定ていの基き質しつを還かん元げんする働はたらきを持もつ。

  This reductase has the function of reducing a specific substrate.