Ferrireductase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any enzyme that reduces ferric iron to ferrous, often as a byproduct of another operation

    "Furthermore, Fe 3+ is reduced to Fe 2+ by a ferrireductase in the endosomal membrane, the six transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 3 [9, 10 ]."

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"Furthermore, Fe 3+ is reduced to Fe 2+ by a ferrireductase in the endosomal membrane, the six transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 3 [9, 10 ]."

Etymology

From ferri- + reductase.

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