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HMG-COA REDUCTASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol
Synonyms:
5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; HMG-CoA reductase
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("HMG-CoA reductase" is a kind of...):
reductase (an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance)
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