hmg-coa reductase

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   a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol

   Synonyms5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase

   Broaderreductase

Questions about hmg-coa reductase

What does hmg-coa reductase mean?

hmg-coa reductase means "a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol".

What is another word for hmg-coa reductase?

Close synonyms include 5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hmg-coa reductase a common word?

hmg-coa reductase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.