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SACCHARASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saccharase mean?
• SACCHARASE (noun)
The noun SACCHARASE has 1 sense:
1. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
Familiarity information: SACCHARASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
invertase; saccharase; sucrase
Hypernyms ("saccharase" is a kind of...):
disaccharidase (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides)
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