monooxygenase

See also: Monooxygenase and monooxygénase

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ oxygenase.

Noun

monooxygenase (plural monooxygenases)

1. (biochemistry) Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active in the metabolism of many foreign compounds

Derived terms

• monophenol monooxygenase