释义 |
ox·i·dase \ˈäksəˌdās, -āz\ noun (-s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary oxid- (from oxidation) + -ase : any of various enzymes that catalyze oxidation and thus play an important role in biological oxidation-reduction processes; especially : a metal-containing enzyme (as cytochrome oxidase or tyrosinase) that differs in general from a dehydrogenase in its ability to react directly with molecular oxygen — compare oxidoreductase, peroxidase |