Medical Definition of Cytochrome b5 reductase
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An enzyme catalyzing the reduction of 2ferricytochrome b5 to 2ferrocytochrome b5 at the expense of NADH; has a role in fatty acid desaturation; a deficiency can lead to hereditary methemoglobinaemia (type I, only observed in erythrocyte cytosol; type II, deficiency in all tissues; type III, deficiency in all haematopoetic cells).
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytochrome B5 Reductase
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