metalloreductase

metalloreductase

English

Etymology

metallo- +‎ reductase

Noun

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147120:

     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).