metalloreductase

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English

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Etymology

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From metallo- +‎ reductase.

Noun

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metalloreductase (plural metalloreductases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any reductase that is a metalloenzyme
    • 2016 January 23, “The Organization of Controller Motifs Leading to Robust Plant Iron Homeostasis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      For plants, no corresponding metalloreductase has so far been found [58 ] indicating that the main storage form of iron in the vacuole appears to be complexed Fe(II).