an enzyme, occurring in the intestinal juice of animals and in yeasts, that hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose
Also called: saccharase
invertase in American English
(ɪnˈvɜrˌteɪs)
noun
sucrase
Word origin
invert + -ase
invertase in American English
(inˈvɜːrteis, -teiz)
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: invertin (inˈvɜːrtn). Also called: sucrase
Word origin
[1875–80; invert + -ase]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, cross-fertilization, fan-tan, musical chairs, slime mold-ase is a suffix used in the names of enzymes. Other words that use the affix -ase include: amylase, hyaluronidase, reverse transcriptase, transferase, zymase
Examples of 'invertase' in a sentence
invertase
Invertase isn't just made by fungi — honeybees also make it to turn nectar into honey.