peroxidase
See also: Peroxidase
English
Etymology
peroxide + -ase
Noun
peroxidase (plural peroxidases)
- (biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
Derived terms
- bromoperoxidase
- chloroperoxidase
- endoperoxidase
- haloperoxidase
- immunoperoxidase
- lactoperoxidase
- myeloperoxidase
- pseudoperoxidase