monooxygenase

monooxygenase definition - medical

mon·o·ox·y·gen·ase (mŏnˌō-ŏkˈsĭ-jə-nāsˌ, -nāzˌ)

noun
Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze both the addition of a single oxygen atom from molecular oxygen into a substrate and the reduction of a second oxygen atom in the substrate to water.

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