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n. - A complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis.

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  • Harden had shown in 1906 that fermentation requires a dialysable substance, called co-zymase, which is not destroyed by heat.
  • Buchner assumed in the yeast juice the presence of a uniform ferment or enzyme, known as "zymase".
  • Thus the yeast plant is supposed to bring about alcoholic fermentation by secreting the enzyme known as zymase.
  • The production of a co-zymase with a high activity has also shown in a brilliant manner the character of that enzyme as a specific activator.
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