above. Common names are also sometimes formed as "acceptor reductase", such as NAD+ reductase. "Donor oxidase" is a special case where O2 is the acceptor...

5α-Reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs), also known as dihydrotestosterone (DHT) blockers, are a class of medications with antiandrogenic effects which are used...

5α-Reductase 2 deficiency (5αR2D) is an autosomal recessive condition caused by a mutation in SRD5A2, a gene encoding the enzyme 5α-reductase type 2 (5αR2)...

Statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a class of medications that lower cholesterol. They are prescribed typically to people who are at high risk...

5α-Reductases, also known as 3-oxo-5α-steroid 4-dehydrogenases, are enzymes involved in steroid metabolism. They participate in three metabolic pathways:...

Glutathione reductase (GR) also known as glutathione-disulfide reductase (GSR) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GSR gene. Glutathione reductase (EC...

reductase (MTHFR) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the methyl cycle, and it is encoded by the MTHFR gene. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase catalyzes...

HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, official symbol HMGCR) is the rate-controlling enzyme (NADH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.88;...

reductase may refer to: Ferredoxin—NADP(+) reductase (FNR) Ferredoxin—NAD(+) reductase Ferredoxin—nitrite reductase Ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase This...

well as the production of sebum and body hair composition. The enzyme 5α-reductase catalyzes the formation of DHT from testosterone in certain tissues including...

Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), also known as ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase, is an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of deoxyribonucleotides...

Fumarate reductase is the enzyme that converts fumarate to succinate, and is important in microbial metabolism as a part of anaerobic respiration. The...

Benzil reductase may refer to: Benzil reductase ((R)-benzoin forming) Benzil reductase ((S)-benzoin forming) This set index page lists enzyme articles...

Dihydrofolate reductase, or DHFR, is an enzyme that reduces dihydrofolic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid, using NADPH as an electron donor, which can be...

Nitrate reductases are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate (NO− 3) to nitrite (NO− 2). This reaction is critical for the production of protein in most crop...

Perchlorate reductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactions: ClO4− + 2 AH2 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } ClO2− + 2 A + 2 H2O and...

TMAO reductase may refer to: Trimethylamine N-oxide reductase Trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase (cytochrome c) This set index page lists enzyme articles...

Spanish güevos a los doce "testicles at twelve") are children born with 5α-Reductase 2 deficiency. Güevedoces are raised as girls when they are born but, around...

exposure by acting specifically on hair follicles. Finasteride is a 5α-reductase inhibitor and therefore an antiandrogen. It works by decreasing the production...

Biliverdin reductase (BVR) is an enzyme (EC 1.3.1.24) found in all tissues under normal conditions, but especially in reticulo-macrophages of the liver...

Thioredoxin reductases (TR, TrxR) (EC 1.8.1.9) are enzymes that reduce thioredoxin (Trx). Two classes of thioredoxin reductase have been identified: one...

Nitrite reductase refers to any of several classes of enzymes that catalyze the reduction of nitrite. There are two classes of NIR's. A multi haem enzyme...

In enzymology, aldose reductase (or aldehyde reductase) (EC 1.1.1.21) is an enzyme in humans encoded by the gene AKR1B1. It is an cytosolic NADPH-dependent...

Ubiquinone reductase may refer to: NADH dehydrogenase, an enzyme NADH:ubiquinone reductase (non-electrogenic), an enzyme This set index page lists enzyme...

Reductase kinase may refer to: Dephospho-(reductase kinase) kinase, an enzyme AMP-activated protein kinase, an enzyme This disambiguation page lists articles...

Flavin reductase a class of enzymes. There are a variety of flavin reductases, (i.e. FRP, FRE, FRG, etc.) which bind free flavins and through hydrogen...

Adenylyl-sulfate reductase (EC 1.8.99.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction of the reduction of adenylyl-sulfate/adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate...

This is a list of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5α-RIs), drugs which inhibit one or more isoforms of the enzyme 5α-reductase. This enzyme is responsible for...

Cytochrome-b5 reductase is a NADH-dependent enzyme that converts ferricytochrome from a Fe3+ form to a Fe2+ form. It contains FAD and catalyzes the reaction:...

NADH-glyoxylate reductase, glyoxylic acid reductase, and NADH-dependent glyoxylate reductase. The crystal structure of the glyoxylate reductase enzyme from...