Phenoloxidase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes

    "In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle […]"

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"In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle […]"

Etymology

From phenol + oxidase.

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