Meanings
nounzymase (countable and uncountable, plural zymases)
plural zymases
- countableuncountablebiochemistryAny of a group of enzymes that catalyze the fermentation of simple carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide.
In 1905, Harden and Young found that the zymase of Buchner consisted of a thermolabile ferment fraction, which was later designated as "apo-zymase" by Neuberg and v. Euler, and of a thermostable ultrafiltrable factor, "co-zymase," the presence of which is necessary for the fermentation of sugar.
1934 November, Carl Neuberg, Maria Kobel, “Present Status of the Problem of Sugar Fermentation”, in Journal of Bacteriology, volume 28, number 5, →DOI
Origin
By surface analysis, zym- + -ase.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan zimasa
- zimasaenzyme that catalyzes fermentation
Dutch zymase
- zymaseenzyme that catalyzes fermentation
French zymase
- zymaseenzyme that catalyzes fermentation
Malay zimase
- zimaseenzyme that catalyzes fermentation
Spanish cimase
- cimaseenzyme that catalyzes fermentation
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