inulase

[in-yuh-leys, -leyz]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inulase¹

First recorded in 1890–95; inul(in) + -ase

Example Sentences

That a fungus can secrete more than one enzyme, according to the materials its hyphae have to attack, has been shown by the extraction of diastase, inulase, trehalase, invertase, maltase, raffinase, malizitase, emulsin, trypsin and lipase from Aspergillus by Bourquelot, and similar events occur in other fungi.

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