monooxygenase

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What does monooxygenase mean?

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

Where does monooxygenase come from?

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English oxygenase English monooxygenase From mono- + oxygenase.

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