Invertase

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Invertase \In*vert"ase\, n. (Chem.)
     (a) An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane
         suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants
         and in the intestines of animals.
     (b) By extension, any enzyme which splits cane sugar, milk
         sugar, lactose, etc., into monosaccharides.


         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  invertase
       n : an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into
           glucose and fructose [syn: {saccharase}, {sucrase}]