"glyoxalase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glyoxalases [plural]
Etymology: glyoxal + -ase Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|glyoxal|ase}} glyoxal + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glyoxalase (countable and uncountable, plural glyoxalases)
  1. (biochemistry) Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyses the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters. Wikipedia link: glyoxalase Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (enzyme): γλυοξαλάση (glyoxalási) [feminine] (Greek)

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