sucrase

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noun

Any of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides

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Meanings

nounsucrase (countable and uncountable, plural sucrases)

plural sucrases

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryAny of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose

Similar
invertasesaccharase
Broader
disaccharidase
Also see
invertasesaccharase

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sucrose + -ase.

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Cite this entry
APA

sucrase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucrase

MLA

“sucrase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucrase. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sucrase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucrase.

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