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invertase
[ in-vur-teys, -teyz ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
invertase
/ ɪnˈvɜːteɪz /
noun
- an enzyme, occurring in the intestinal juice of animals and in yeasts, that hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose Also calledsaccharase
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Word History and Origins
Origin of invertase1
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Example Sentences
When hydrolyzed by acids, or by the enzyme "invertase," it yields a mixture of equal quantities of glucose and fructose.
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The optimum temperature for invertase is 50° to 54°; it is killed if heated, in the moist condition, to 70°.
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Fischer found that the enzyme “invertase,” which is present in yeast, attacks methyl-d-glucoside but not methyl-l-glucoside.
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