inulase Biochem.
(ˈɪnjuːleɪz, -s)
[f. inulin + -ase.]
An enzyme which hydrolyses inulin to fructose, found esp. in some fungi.
| 1893 J. R. Green in Ann. Bot. VII. 90 This transformation has been found to be due to a special enzyme, to which the name inulase may be given. It is a different body from diastase, for it has no action upon starch⁓paste. 1931 E. C. Miller Plant Physiol. xi. 628 Inulase may occur with diastase but has no action whatsoever upon starch. 1965 Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. (ed. 2) XIII. 136 Systematic name: β-2, 1-Fructan fructanohydrolase. Recommended trivial name: Inulase. |