a type of digestive enzyme that breaks disaccharides down into monosaccharides
disaccharidase in American English
(daiˈsækərɪˌdeis, -ˌdeiz)
noun
Biochemistry
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides, as sucrose or lactose, to produce monosaccharides, as fructose or glucose
Word origin
[1960–65; disaccharide + -ase]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deinstitutionalize, disco, parvovirus, proxemics, zip code-ase is a suffix used in the names of enzymes. Other words that use the affix -ase include: invertase, ligase, phosphorylase, reverse transcriptase, zymase
Examples of 'disaccharidase' in a sentence
disaccharidase
Jejunal fragments were used to measure disaccharidase content and to study cell proliferation.
M.I.M. Fernandes, L.C. Galvão, M.F. Bortolozzi, W.P. Oliveira, S. Zucoloto, M.L.P.Bianchi 1997, 'Disaccharidase levels in normal epithelium of the small intestine of rats with iron-deficiencyanemia', Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000700005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The article contains data on functional digestive disorders in newborns, mainly on the problem of lactase (disaccharidase) insufficiency.
I. A. Belyaeva, E. P. Bombardirova, E. O. Tarzyan 2012, 'DIGESTIVE DISORDERS IN PREMATURELY BORN CHILDREN', Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatriihttps://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/403. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, we found that granivorous and omnivorous species had higher levels of disaccharidase activities and insectivores had the lowest.
Natalia Ramírez-Otárola, Pablo Sabat 2011, 'Are levels of digestive enzyme activity related to the natural diet in passerine birds?',Biological Researchhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602011000100011&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)