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Definition of Cytase
1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes, found especially in cereals, that solubilize cell walls by hydrolyzing mannan, galactan, xylan and araban ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cytase
1. a type of enzyme [n -S] - See also: enzyme
Medical Definition of Cytase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytase
Literary usage of Cytase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation by Joseph Reynolds Green (1901)
"cytase, AND OTHER CELLULOSE-DISSOLVING ENZYMES. IN the seeds of many plants,
especially among the Monocotyledons, the carbohydrate reserve food-material for ..."
2. Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie by Ludwig Jost (1908)
"... die tatsächlich in diesen Extrakten nie fehlt, konnte NEWCOMBE überzeugend
nachweisen, daß sie vielmehr einem spezifischen Enzym, einer cytase, zukommt. ..."
3. Ferments and Their Actions by Karl Oppenheimer (1901)
"(CELLULASE, cytase.) IN addition to reserve-starch the endosperm of many plants
also contains considerable quantities of reserve cellulose or of similar ..."
4. A Text-book of the Science of Brewing by Edward Ralph Moritz, George Harris Morris (1891)
"cytase.—This is the name which we have authority for giving to the enzyme that
brings about the dissolution of the cellulosic walls of the endosperm of ..."
5. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"has shown that the whole of the cytase has not been absorbed by the red corpuscles,
we readily understand that the portion remaining in the fluid will act ..."
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