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maltase

[ mawl-teys, -teyz ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.


maltase

/ ˈmɔːlteɪz /

noun

  1. an enzyme that hydrolyses maltose and similar glucosides (α-glucosides) to glucose Alsoα-glucosidase
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maltase1

First recorded in 1885–90; malt + -ase
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maltase1

C19: from malt + -ase
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Example Sentences

There's amylase, which converts complex sugars into simple sugars that yeast are then able to feed on and produce alcohol and CO2; there's maltase and invertase, which together produce much of the glucose needed by the yeast for fermentation.

From Salon

One difference causes dogs to produce longer versions of maltase.

These differences make the dog maltase more efficient, the researchers report.

Dogs and wolves have the same number of copies of another gene, MGAM, which codes for maltase, another enzyme important in starch digestion.

Fortunately, the yeast used in bread-making contains the enzyme maltase, which breaks maltose into glucose.

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