Enzyme
epoxide hydrolase
ep·ox·ide hy·dro·lase
Definitions related to epoxide hydrolase:
  • Catalyzes the hydrolysis of the ether function of epoxides to glycol important in eicosanoid metabolism, detoxication of mutagens, and other processes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Enzymes that catalyze reversibly the formation of an epoxide or arene oxide from a glycol or aromatic diol, respectively.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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