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Definition of Invertase

1. Noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.

Definition of Invertase

1. n. An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants and in the intestines of animals.

Definition of Invertase

1. Noun. (enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar); used by bees to produce honey. ¹

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Definition of Invertase

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Medical Definition of Invertase

1. 1. Enzyme catalysing the hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose and fructose (sucrase), so called because the sugar solution changes from dextro rotatory to laevo rotatory during the course of the reaction. 2. Generally a name for an enzyme that catalyses certain molecular rearrangements. DNA invertases are a class of resolvase. (05 May 1997)

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Literary usage of Invertase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"The results of the measurements of the activity of invertase at an index of 1.40 and less, show that invertase has no inverting action, irrespective of ..."

2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The action of invertase being purely catalytic, a small amount of enzyme can ... O'Sullivan and Tompson found in fact that a preparation of invertase, ..."

3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The action of invertase being purely catalytic, a small amount of enzyme can ... O'Sullivan and Tompson found in fact that a preparation of invertase, ..."

4. A Manual of Bacteriology for Agricultural and General Science Students by Howard Sprague Reed (1914)
"The invertase of Yeast invertase is one of the important enzymes produced ... B. By the use of another method the invertase may be obtained free from living ..."

5. General Chemistry of the Enzymes by Hans von Euler, Thomas Henry Pope (1912)
"The distribution of invertase in the yeasts is as well known as important; ... invertase occurs alone in only few yeasts, among them being Saccharomyces ..."

6. Dairy Chemistry: A Practical Handbook for Dairy Chemists and Others Having by Henry Droop Richmond (1899)
"The best method of estimating cane sugar depends on the hydrolysis of cane sugar by invertase, the enzyme of yeast. This is carried out as follows ..."

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