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glutamate dehydrogenase

noun

Medical Definition of GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE

:  an enzyme present especially in liver mitochondria and cytosol that catalyzes the oxidation of glutamate to ammonia and α-ketoglutaric acid

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