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n. - An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.

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  • To do so, they must secrete an enzyme called invertase, which breaks sucrose into smaller sugars that the yeast can absorb.
  • The bees use an enzyme called invertase to chop it up into the two smaller sugars, one of which, by the way, tastes sweeter than sucrose.
  • "The GIF1 gene is responsible for controlling the activity of the enzyme invertase, which is located in the cell wall and converts sucrose to substances that then are...
  • According to the researchers, the GIF1 gene is responsible for controlling the activity of the enzyme invertase, which is located in the rice plant's cell walls and...
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