Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme, such as invertase or lactase, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides to monosaccharides.
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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
glycoside hydrolases ,enzymes that break downdisaccharides intomonosaccharides .
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- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
Etymologies
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disaccharide + -ase
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