reductase

English Thesaurus

1. an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	enzyme,
definition	:	any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme a reductase, hmg-coa reductase,
definition	:	a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol (noun.substance)