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Disaccharidase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An enzyme, such as invertase or lactase, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides to monosaccharides.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides

Word Usage

"There are three important disaccharidase enzymes: maltase maltose    → glucose  sucrase sucrose    → glucose + fructose  lactase lactose  → glucose + galactose The disaccharidase enzymes are unusual in that they are located in the membrane of the ileum epithelial cells."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

enzyme

Hyponym

lactase saccharase invertase sucrase lactaid