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Reductase vs Dehydrogenase - What's the difference?

reductase | dehydrogenase |

As nouns the difference between reductase and dehydrogenase

is that reductase is reductase while dehydrogenase is dehydrogenase.

reductase

Noun

(en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.
  • *2008 , Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons? , McGraw-Hill Professional, page 187
  • *:disulfide reduction by glutathione is a three-step process, the last of which is catalyzed by glutathione reductase
  • dehydrogenase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds.
  • Synonyms

    * (dehydrogenating enzyme) (disused)