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fructosidase

fructosidase noun: any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside.

Noun

fructosidase (plural fructosidases)

  1. Any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside
    • Levansucrase expressed a specific fructosidase activity of 2.9 units per milligram (U mg -1 ), where 1 unit is defined as the amount of enzyme releasing 1 μmol of glucose per minute at a working temperature of 37°C and a sucrose concentration of 100 g L −1 at pH 6.0 (50 mM potassium phosphate...2015 September 26, “Valorization of Cheese and Tofu Whey through Enzymatic Synthesis of Lactosucrose”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of fructosidase

pluralfructosidases

Origin of fructosidase

From fructoside + -ase.

Questions about fructosidase

What does fructosidase mean?
Fructosidase means any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside.
What part of speech is fructosidase?
Fructosidase is a noun.
What is the plural of fructosidase?
The plural of fructosidase is fructosidases.

Words near fructosidase in the dictionary

  1. fructose 6-phosphate
  2. fructosediphosphate
  3. fructosediphosphates
  4. fructosemia
  5. fructoses
  6. fructosidase
  7. fructosidases
  8. fructoside
  9. fructosides
  10. fructosuria
  11. fructosurias

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