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diaphorase

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diaphorase [dī′af·ə‚rās]
(biochemistry)
Mitochondrial flavoprotein enzymes which catalyze the reduction of dyes, such as methylene blue, by reduced pyridine nucleotides such as reduced diphosphopyridine nucleotide.


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RH1's activity is enhanced by an enzyme, DT diaphorase, which often is found in cancers of the lungs, liver, and breasts.
2) Hereditary hemoglobinopathies include abnormal hemoglobins: sickling disorders, unstable hemoglobins, abnormal oxygen affinities, and methemoglobins (hemoglobins M), disorders of hemoglobin chain production ([alpha] and [beta] thalassemias), and methemoglobinemias due to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diaphorase deficienc y.
[18,19] Scherer-Singler et al[20] described the enzymatic reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium to an intensely blue, water-insoluble salt by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced form, NADPH) diaphorase in a population of neurons.
 
 
 
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