inulinase

English

Etymology

inulin +‎ -ase

Noun

inulinase (countable and uncountable, plural inulinases)

1. (biochemistry) An enzyme, 1-beta-D-fructan fructanohydrolase, that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (2->1)-beta-D-fructosidic linkages in inulin.

Synonyms

• inulase

Derived terms

• endoinulinase
• exoinulinase