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Definition of Oxidase
1. Noun. Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation.
Definition of Oxidase
1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxidase
1. an oxidizing enzyme [n -S] : OXIDASIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Oxidase
1. Classically, one of a group of enzymes, now termed oxidoreductases (EC class 1), that bring about oxidation by the addition of oxygen to a metabolite or by the removal of hydrogen or of one or more electrons. Oxidase is now used for those cases in which O2 acts as an acceptor (of H or of electrons); those removing hydrogen are now termed dehydrogenases. For individual oxidases, see the specific names. Direct oxidase, originally, an oxidase catalyzing the transfer of O2 directly to other bodies; now termed oxygenase. Indirect oxidase, originally, an oxidase that acts by reducing a peroxide; now termed peroxidase. Terminal oxidase, the last protein in the electron transport, respiratory chain. In mammals this is cytochrome c oxidase. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidase
Literary usage of Oxidase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"The formation of such colored compounds as a result of oxidase action has afforded a
... The rate of oxidase action and the relative efficiency of different ..."
2. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"in light of the recent demonstration of an uncharacterized NADH oxidase as an
... In neutrophils, oxidase is activated by assembly of the cytosolic proteins ..."
3. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The work done on oxidase and peroxidase is scanty and incomplete (Reed, Atkins,
and Duggar and Davis). We have started a preliminary investigation of the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Soybean pro- st limiting in methionine (6). on has major influence on hepatic
mixed function oxidase (MFO) en- id may thereby alter cancer inci- i vitro ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Physiological observations on alkaloids, latex and oxidase in Papaver somniferum.
RH TRUE AND WW STOCKBERGER. Am. J. Botany 3, 1-11(1916). ..."
6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"... anaesthetics upon the activity of the indophenol oxidase of the vertebrate
kidney. Enzymes which accelerate the oxidative formation of the blue dye, ..."
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