English Explanatory Dictionary

sucrase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides

Word forms

sucrase sucrases

Etymology

From sucrose + -ase.

Derived words

alternansucrase dextransucrase fructansucrase glucansucrase levansucrase
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