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"Oxygenase"
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oxidoreductase
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an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen
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An oxygenase is any enzyme that oxidizes a substrate by transferring the oxygen from molecular oxygen O2 (as in air) to it. The oxygenases form a class of oxidoreductases; their EC number is EC 1.13 or EC 1.14.
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