glucase Biochem.
(ˈgl(j)uːkeɪz, -s)
[ad. G. glukase (R. Géduld 1892, in Jahresber. Fortschr. Lehre Gährungs-Organismen 1891 II. 250), f. gluco- + -ase.]
= maltase.
| 1894 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXVI. i. 258 Glucase which occurs in maize slowly hydrolyses dextrin. 1910 [see amylase]. 1950 A. Gottschalk in Sumner & Myrbäck Enzymes I. i. xv. 553 He [sc. Géduld] found the enzyme in the grains of many cereals and called it ‘glucase’. |