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invertase

[ in-vur-teys, -teyz ]

noun

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


invertase

/ ɪˈɜːٱɪ /

noun

  1. an enzyme, occurring in the intestinal juice of animals and in yeasts, that hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose Also calledsaccharase
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of invertase1

First recorded in 1875–80; invert + -ase
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Example Sentences

In November, researchers at Nagoya University described in Scientific Reports a sweeter tomato developed by modifying a cell wall invertase inhibitor using CRISPR–Cas9.

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Another factor was invertase, which is added to get the soft centers in many candies, and its ratio to fondant.

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Yeast cells also contain invertase, another enzyme that can break sucrose, like the sucrase described above.

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Among the ingredients were partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, corn syrup, sugar, artificial vanilla, invertase and tocopherols.

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When the target molecule binds to the DNA, invertase is released into the solution.

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