glucasen.
/ˈɡl(j)uːkeɪz//ˈɡl(j)uːkeɪs/ Biochemistry.
= maltase n.
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1894 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 66 i. 258 Glucase which occurs in maize slowly hydrolyses dextrin.
1910 Practitioner June 823 The hydrolysis is brought about by means of enzymes, such as ptyalin, amylopsin or amylase, lactase and glucase.
1950 A. Gottschalk in Sumner & Myrbäck Enzymes I. i. xv. 553 He [sc. Géduld] found the enzyme in the grains of many cereals and called it ‘glucase’.
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