invertase

American  

[in-vur-tays, -tayz] / ɪnˈvɜr teɪs, -teɪz /

Also invertin

noun

Biochemistry.

1. an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.

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invertase British  

/ ɪnˈvɜːteɪz /

noun

1. Also called: saccharase. an enzyme, occurring in the intestinal juice of animals and in yeasts, that hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose

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Etymology

Origin of invertase

First recorded in 1875–80; invert + -ase

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Example Sentences

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invertase

In November, researchers at Nagoya University described in Scientific Reports a sweeter tomato developed by modifying a cell wall invertase inhibitor using CRISPR–Cas9.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 24, 2021

The second class include all changes brought about by the agency of enzymes, such as the action of diastase on starch, invertase on cane sugar, glucase on maltose, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

III., and S. ellipsoideus, contained invertase and maltase, and can invert and subsequently ferment cane sugar and maltose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

The optimum temperature for invertase is 50° to 54°; it is killed if heated, in the moist condition, to 70°.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

Test cultivations of the organism for the presence of— Soluble enzymes—proteolytic, diastatic, invertase.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

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