glucase

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noun

Any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.

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Meanings

nounglucase (countable and uncountable, plural glucases)

plural glucases

  1. countabledateduncountablebiochemistryAny enzyme that converts starch into glucose.

Origin

From glucose + -ase.

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APA

glucase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucase

MLA

“glucase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glucase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucase.

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