Definitions for invertase

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invertase in·vert·ase

Spelling: [in-vur-teys, -teyz]

IPA: /ɪnˈvɜr teɪs, -teɪz/

Invertase is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 717 anagrams from letters in invertase (aeeinrstv).

Definitions for invertase

noun

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

Origin of invertase

First recorded in 1875-80; invert + -ase

Examples for invertase

When hydrolyzed by acids, or by the enzyme "invertase," it yields a mixture of equal quantities of glucose and fructose.

Fischer found that the enzyme “invertase,” which is present in yeast, attacks methyl-d-glucoside but not methyl-l-glucoside.

The optimum temperature for invertase is 50° to 54°; it is killed if heated, in the moist condition, to 70°.