alcohol dehydrogenase
Biochemistry
noun
Any of a group of enzymes which bring about the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones (or occasionally the reverse reaction), with parallel reduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; abbreviated ADH.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts.
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