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Adduct vs Glyoxalase - What's the difference?

adduct | glyoxalase |

As nouns the difference between adduct and glyoxalase

is that adduct is (chemistry) the product of an addition reaction while glyoxalase is (biochemistry) either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І'', which catalyses 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.

As a verb adduct

is (physiology) to draw towards a center or a middle line.

adduct

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) The product of an addition reaction
    • English heteronyms

    glyoxalase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia glyoxalase)
  • (biochemistry) Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase ?'', which catalyses the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and ''glyoxalase ?? , which hydrolyses these thiolesters.