Glyoxalase
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glyoxalase is a noun meaning (biochemistry) 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.
Meaning
(biochemistry) 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.
Word Forms
- glyoxalases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glyoxylase, methylglyoxalase, glycohydrolase, glucoxidase, glycoxidation, glycooxidation.
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