disaccharidase

Noun
  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides (synset 114860638)
    is a type of: enzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
    subtypes:
    • invertase, saccharase, sucrase - an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
    • lactaid, lactase - any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose

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