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  • noun invertase

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  • noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose

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  • An important part of von Euler-Chelpin's work was done in collaboration with K. Josephson on the enzymes saccharase and catalase.

    Hans von Euler-Chelpin - Biography 1966

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