HMG-COA REDUCTASE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol

Synonyms:

5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; HMG-CoA reductase

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("HMG-CoA reductase" is a kind of...):

reductase (an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance)

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