zymase

[ zahy-meys ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. the complex of enzymes obtained from yeast, also occurring in bacteria and other organisms, that acts in alcoholic fermentation and other forms of glycolysis.

zymase

/ ˈzaɪmeɪs /

noun

1. a mixture of enzymes that is obtained as an extract from yeast and causes fermentation in sugars

Word History and Origins

Origin of zymase¹

1870–75; < French < Greek zȳ́m ( ē ) leaven + French -ase -ase

Example Sentences

Such material is far more active than the zymase obtained originally by Buchner from the expressed juice of yeast-cells.

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Those which produce carbon dioxide without the use of free “deamidizing” oxygen, such as zymase of yeast.

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Zymase is the active alcoholic fermentation enzyme of yeasts.

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The best known example of a coenzyme in plant tissues is in connection with the activity of the zymase of yeast cells.

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Thus the yeast plant is supposed to bring about alcoholic fermentation by secreting the enzyme known as zymase.

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