cellulase
cel·lu·lase
C0191400 (sĕl′yə-lās′, -lāz′)cellulase
(ˈsɛljʊˌleɪz)cel•lu•lase
(ˈsɛl yəˌleɪs, -ˌleɪz)n.
单词 | cellulase |
释义 | cellulasecel·lu·laseC0191400 (sĕl′yə-lās′, -lāz′)cellulase(ˈsɛljʊˌleɪz)cel•lu•lase(ˈsɛl yəˌleɪs, -ˌleɪz)n. Cellulasecellulase[′sel·yə‚lās]Cellulasean enzyme of the hydrolase class. Cellulase depolymerizes cellulose polysaccharides (including cellulose itself) and forms glucose or the disaccharide cellobiose. Cellulase is found in germinated grain and in many bacteria and fungi; it is especially active in house fungi that grow on wood. Cellulase is also found in certain animals that feed on wood; these animals include shipworms and Cossidae. Ruminants are able to digest cellulose because symbiotic microorganisms that release cellulase live in the compartments of their stomachs, especially in the rumen. cellulasecellulase[sel´u-lās]cel·lu·lase(sel'yū-lās),cellulase(sĕl′yə-lās′, -lāz′)cel·lu·lase(sel'yū-lās)cellulasean ENZYME capable of splitting CELLULOSE into glucose, used particularly in the softening or digestion of plant cell walls. Most animals are not capable of producing cellulase and therefore of digesting plant material themselves, relying instead on a variety of gut microorganisms to produce the enzyme and then absorbing the glucose product (see CAECUM). Cellulase is also produced in large quantities in the ABSCISSION layer formed in leaf stalks of higher plants, causing a weakening of cell walls prior to leaf fall. |
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