zymase
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the fermentation of simple carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
By surface analysis, zym- + -ase.