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in⋅vert⋅ase

  [in-vur-teys, -teyz]
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–noun Biochemistry.
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
Also, in⋅ver⋅tin  [in-vur-tn] .
Also called sucrase.

Origin:
1875–80; invert + -ase
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in·ver·tase   (ĭn-vûr'tās', ĭn'vər-tās', -tāz')   
n.  An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose. Also called saccharase, sucrase.
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Main Entry: in·vert·ase
Pronunciation: in-'v&rt-"As, 'in-v&rt-, -"Az
Function: noun
: an enzyme found in many microorganisms and plantsand in animal intestines that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose called also invertin, saccharase, sucrase
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invertase in·ver·tase (ĭn-vûr'tās', ĭn'vər-tās', -tāz')
n.
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose. Also called beta-fructofuranosidase, invertin, saccharase, sucrase.

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invertase

any member of a group of enzymes present in yeast and in the intestinal mucosa of animals that catalyze the hydrolysis of cane sugar, or sucrose, to the simple sugars glucose and fructose.

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