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SUCRASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
Synonyms:
invertase; saccharase; sucrase
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sucrase" is a kind of...):
disaccharidase (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides)