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invertase

invertase noun: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.

Noun

invertase (usually uncountable, plural invertases)

  1. (usually) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.
    • The costs incurred for the processing of sucrose with invertase could be considerably reduced with the introduction of immobilised invertases, by adopting technology similar to that developed for glucose isomerase.1995, L. F. J. Woods, S. J. Swinton, “8: Enzymes in the starch and sugar industries”, in Gregory A. Tucker, L.F.J. Woods, editors, Enzymes in Food Processing, page 257
    • The disaccharide sucrose and the trisaccharide raffinose are both substrates of invertase. Invertase is encoded by the SUC genes from which six unlinked loci have been identified (SUC1-SUC5, SUC7), which are dipersed through the yeast genome (Lampen, 1968; Ouwehand and van Wijk, 1972; Ottolenghi...1997, Karl-Dieter Entian, Hans-Joachim Schüller, “Chapter 13: Genetics of Di- and Trisaccharide Utilization”, in Friedrich K. Zimmermann, Karl-Dieter Entian, editors, Yeast Sugar Metabolism, page 226
    Synonyms:
    beta-h-fructosidase, E1103, glucosucrase, saccharase, invert enzyme

invertase meaning in Tamil

invertase in Tamil

இன்வெட்டேசு, வெல்லம்மாற்றும்நொதிச்சத்து, இன்வேட்டேசு, நொதிச்சத்து

Examples of invertase in a sentence

  • The disaccharide sucrose and the trisaccharide raffinose are both substrates of invertase.1997, Karl-Dieter Entian, Hans-Joachim Schüller, “Chapter 13: Genetics of Di- and Trisaccharide Utilization”, in Friedrich K. Zimmermann...
  • Up-regulation of these invertases is a common response to infection (Hall and Williams, 2000).2004, J. S. C. Clark, P. T. N. Spencer-Phillips, “The Compatible Interaction in Downy Mildew Infections”, in Peter Spencer-Phillips...

Synonyms of invertase

All synonyms of invertase

Forms of invertase

pluralinvertases

Origin of invertase

From invert + -ase.

Questions about invertase

What does invertase mean?
Invertase means an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.
What is invertase in Tamil?
Invertase in Tamil is இன்வெட்டேசு, வெல்லம்மாற்றும்நொதிச்சத்து, இன்வேட்டேசு. See Invertase meaning in Tamil.
How do you use invertase in a sentence?
The disaccharide sucrose and the trisaccharide raffinose are both substrates of invertase.
What part of speech is invertase?
Invertase is a noun.
What is the plural of invertase?
The plural of invertase is invertases.

Words near invertase in the dictionary

  1. invert enzyme
  2. invert sugar
  3. invert sugars
  4. invertability
  5. invertable
  6. invertase
  7. invertases
  8. invertasome
  9. invertasomes
  10. invertebracy
  11. invertebrae

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