glyoxalase

== English == === Etymology === From glyoxal +‎ -ase. === Noun === glyoxalase (countable and uncountable, plural glyoxalases) (biochemistry) Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyse the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters. ==== Translations ====