SUCRASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sucrase mean? 

• SUCRASE (noun)
  The noun SUCRASE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SUCRASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCRASE (noun)

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 ("sucrase" is a kind of...):

disaccharidase (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides)