Definition of Dehydrogenase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dehydrogenase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dehydrogenase

1. Enzyme that oxidizes a substrate by transferring hydrogen to an acceptor that is either NAD/NADP or a flavin enzyme. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehydrogenase

dehydrocholate test
dehydrocholesterol
dehydrocholesterols
dehydrocholic acid
dehydrocholic acid reductase
dehydrocorydalmine
dehydrocyclization
dehydrocyclizations
dehydrodolichol reductase
dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthetase
dehydroemetine
dehydroepiandrosterone
dehydroepiandrosterone 17-ketoreductase
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase
dehydrogenase (current term)
dehydrogenases
dehydrogenate
dehydrogenated
dehydrogenates
dehydrogenating
dehydrogenation
dehydrogenations
dehydrogenative
dehydrogenatively
dehydrogenise
dehydrogenised
dehydrogenises
dehydrogenising
dehydrogenize

Literary usage of Dehydrogenase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Delayed increase in plasma lactic dehydrogenase activity in mouse hepatitis virus-infected mice subsequently infected with lactic dehydrogenase virus. ..."

2. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Differences in human alcohol dehydrogenase might be of equal or greater relevance to ... As such, variability in alcohol dehydrogenase, as well as aldehyde ..."

3. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"RNA was extracted, blotted, and incubated with NADH dehydrogenase and 16S rRNA ... Percent changes in NADH dehydrogenase mRNA in H202-treated cells compared ..."

4. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"In mice, 1600 mg Ni/kg diet as nickel acetate inhibited the activities of liver and heart cytochrome C oxidase, kidney malic dehydrogenase, liver, ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"113, 287 (1963); 13 April 1970 • Lactate dehydrogenase Isozymes: Further Kinetic Studies ... At low concentrations of enzyme, lactate dehydrogenase LDH-1, ..."

6. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"No effects were observed on the activities of 6-PG dehydrogenase, SOD, ... For example, G-6-P dehydrogenase activity increased, reaching a peak at 1 mo, ..."

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