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de·hy·dro·gen·ase

 (dē′hī-drŏj′ə-nās′, -nāz′, dē-hī′drə-jə-)
n.
An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen from a substrate and the transfer of the hydrogen to an acceptor in an oxidation-reduction reaction.
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dehydrogenase

(diːˈhaɪdrədʒəˌneɪz)
n
(Biochemistry) an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
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de•hy•dro•gen•ase

(diˈhaɪ drə dʒəˌneɪs, -ˌneɪz)

n.
an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen.
[1920–25]
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Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a recently recognized distinct subtype of RCC in the 2016 World Health Organization classification.
Initial laboratory tests showed white blood cell (WBC) count 22.9 x [10.sup.9]/L, red blood cell (RBC) count 2.68 mcL, hemoglobin (Hgb) 7.7 g/dL (normal: 120-160 gm /L, platelet count 545000 (normal: 150-400X10 [conjunction] 9 /L), reticulocyte percentage 18.63 (normal: 0.5-2.5%), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 567 U/L (normal: 125-243U/L), and total bilirubin 44.1 (normal: 3.4-20.5 umol/L.
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Agios Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has accepted the company's supplemental new drug application, or sNDA, for Tibsovo for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, with an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1, or IDH1, mutation who are not eligible for standard therapy.
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In the article titled "Kinetic Modeling of the Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism of Neuronal Cells: The Impact of Reduced [alpha]-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Activities on ATP Production and Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species" [1], there was an error in Figure 1, in which the decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA should be accompanied by NAD to NADH, not NADH to NAD.
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