an enzyme that triggers the process of oxidation-reduction
oxidoreductase in American English
(ˌɑksɪdoʊriˈdʌkˌteɪs; ˌɑksɪdoʊriˈdʌkˌteɪz)
noun
any of a class of enzymes that act as catalysts in chemical reactions involving oxidation-reduction
oxidoreductase in American English
(ˌɑksɪdourɪˈdʌkteis, -ˌteiz)
noun
Biochemistry
any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causingthe oxidation and reduction of compounds
Also: oxido-reductase
Word origin
[1920–25; oxide + -o- + reductase]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, checkout, slalom, superpower, zipper-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer)
Examples of 'oxidoreductase' in a sentence
oxidoreductase
Gene content analysis revealed enrichment in membrane proteins, particularly transporters, along with oxidoreductase enzymes.
Chris D Curtin, Anthony R Borneman, Paul J Chambers, Isak S Pretorius 2012, 'De-novo assembly and analysis of the heterozygous triploid genome of the wine spoilageyeast Dekkera bruxellensis AWRI1499.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3314683?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Enzymatic assays revealed the presence of two oxidoreductases: a catalase and a new oxidoreductase.
Francine S.A. da Fonseca, Célio F.F. Angolini, Marco A. Zezzi Arruda, Cícero A.L.Junior, Clelton A. Santos, Antonio M. Saraiva, Eduardo Pilau, Anete P. Souza, PriandaR. Laborda, Patrícia F.L. de Oliveira, Valéria M. de Oliveira, Francisco de AssisM. Reis, Anita J. Marsaioli 2015, 'Identification of oxidoreductases from the petroleum Bacillus safensis strain', Biotechnology Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X1500051X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The down-regulated molecular functions were related to catalytic and oxidoreductase activities.
Daniela Santucci, Fuminori Kawano, Takashi Ohira, Masahiro Terada, Naoya Nakai, NadiaFrancia, Enrico Alleva, Luigi Aloe, Toshimasa Ochiai, Ranieri Cancedda, KatsumasaGoto, Yoshinobu Ohira 2012, 'Evaluation of gene, protein and neurotrophin expression in the brain of mice exposedto space environment for 91 days.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3392276?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In general, oxidoreductase activities only showed this relationship in re-moistenedsoil samples.
Carmen Trasar-Cepeda, Diana Bello, Chiara Ferronato, Livia Vittori Antisari 2015, 'First results on enzymatic activities in two salt marsh soils under different hydromorphiclevel and vegetation', EQAhttp://eqa.unibo.it/article/view/5801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Proteins used were extracted cytochrome b5 and the enzyme ascorbic oxidoreductase.
A.P.B. Rabelo, E.B. Tambourgi 2003, 'Performance of a pulsed-cap microcolumn for protein extraction', Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineeringhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322003000400003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This approach can be more generally applied to detection of other substrates of oxidoreductase enzymes.
Yazan Al-Issa, John Njagi, Stephanie C. Schuckers, Ian I. Suni 2015, 'Amperometric Bioelectronic Tongue for glucose determination', Sensing and Bio-Sensing Researchhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180414000397. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Additional analyses revealed that oxidoreductase evolution played a central role in these two diversification events.
Shu eCheng, Slim eKarkar, Slim eKarkar, Eric eBapteste, Nathan eYee, Paul eFalkowski,Debashish eBhattacharya 2014, 'Sequence similarity network reveals the imprints of major diversification events inthe evolution of microbial life', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolutionhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2014.00072/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among these were oxidoreductase activity, ferric iron binding, iron ion binding and electron transport activities.
Bendixen Christian, Lien Sigbjørn, Meuwissen Theo, Moe Maren, Wang Xuefei, ConleyLene, Berget Ingunn, Tajet Håvard, Grindflek Eli 2007, 'Gene expression profiles in testis of pigs with extreme high and low levels of androstenone',BMC Genomicshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/405. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)