English Explanatory Dictionary

glyoxalase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

glyoxalase glyoxalases

Etymology

From glyoxal + -ase.

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