glyoxalase (English, noun)
expansion: glyoxalase (countable and uncountable, plural glyoxalases)
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glosses: Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyse the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: glyoxalases
tags: plural