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invertase

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aeeinrstvStarts with IEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From invert + -ase.

Used in a sentence

  • The costs incurred for the processing of sucrose with invertase could be considerably reduced with the introduction of immobilised invertases, by adopting technology similar to that developed for glucose isomerase.
  • Up-regulation of these invertases is a common response to infection (Hall and Williams, 2000).

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