INVERTASE


Meaning of INVERTASE in English

/in verr"tays, -tayz/ , n. Biochem.

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

Also, invertin /in verr"tn/ . Also called sucrase .

[ 1875-80; INVERT + -ASE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .