1) Disaccharidase 2) Invertase 3) Saccharase 1) Enzyme 2) Invertase 3) Saccharase 
Sucrase is the name given to a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose. The enzyme invertase, which occurs more commonly in plants, also hydrolyzes sucrose but by a different mechanism. ==Types== ==Physiology== Sucrose intolerance (also known as Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID) or Sucrase-is...
any member of a group of enzymes present in yeast and in the intestinal mucosa of animals that catalyze the hydrolysis of cane sugar, or sucrose, to ... [1 related articles]
Enzymatic reaction between sucrose (yellow) and sucrase (purple) yielding glucose (orange) and fructose (pink) An enzyme secreted by the small Intestine which breaks down sucrose (ordinary 'table' sugar), a disaccharide, into glucose and fructose, both monosaccharides, so that these simple sugar...
Synonym for invertase ... 1. <enzyme> Enzyme catalysing the hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose and fructose (sucrase), so called because the sugar solution changes from dextro rotatory to laevo rotatory during the course of the reaction. ... 2. Generally a name for an enzyme that catalyses certain molecular rearrangements. DNA invertases are a ...
(soo´krās) a digestive enzyme secreted in the intestine that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose and maltose to produce glucose and fructose.
See invertase.
Type: Term Pronunciation: sū′krās Synonyms: sucrose α-d-glucosidase
invertase.