Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fructosidase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fruc-tosi-dase
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside

Example Sentences

"Levansucrase expressed a specific fructosidase activity of 2.9 units per milligram (U mg -1 ), where 1 unit is defined as the amount of enzyme releasing 1 μmol of glucose per minute at a working temperature of 37°C and a sucrose concentration of 100 g L −1 at pH 6.0 (50 mM potassium phosphate buffer)."

Etymology

From fructoside + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fructoside

Inflected Forms

fructosidases (plural)

Questions

What does fructosidase mean?: Any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside
Where does fructosidase come from?: From fructoside + -ase.

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