lactase

English

The hydrolysis of lactose, for which lactase acts as a catalyst

Etymology

lacto- +‎ -ase

Noun

lactase (countable and uncountable, plural lactases)

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.

Synonyms

(β-galactosidase enzyme): lactase-phlorizin hydrolase

Translations

A β-galactosidase enzyme

Catalan: lactasa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乳糖酶 (zh) (rǔtángméi)
Czech: laktáza f
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: laktazo
Finnish: laktaasi (fi)
French: lactase (fr) f
German: Laktase (de) f, Lactase (de) f

Hungarian: laktáz
Icelandic: laktasi m
Ido: laktazo (io)
Maori: whākōkī ngako, reihuka
Polish: laktaza (pl) f
Portuguese: lactase f
Spanish: lactasa f
Swedish: laktas (sv) n

Anagrams

acetals

Portuguese

Noun

lactase f (plural lactases)

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) lactase (a β-galactosidase enzyme)

Spanish

Verb

lactase

First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of lactar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of lactar.

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