"monooxygenase" meaning in All languages combined

See monooxygenase on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: monooxygenases [plural]
Etymology: mono- + oxygenase Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|oxygenase}} mono- + oxygenase Head templates: {{en-noun}} monooxygenase (plural monooxygenases)
  1. (biochemistry) Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active in the metabolism of many foreign compounds Categories (topical): Enzymes Derived forms: monophenol monooxygenase

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