Sucrase Enzyme

A Sucrase Enzyme is an enzyme that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to the simple sugars (glucose and fructose).

• AKA: Invertase.
• Context:
  • It can be secreted in a Small Intestine.
• Example(s):
  • Sucrase-Isomaltase (EC 3.2.1.10),
  • Invertase (EC 3.2.1.26),
  • Sucrose Alpha-Glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.48).
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Amylo-Alpha-1,6-Glucosidase,
  • Pullulanase,
  • Limit Dextrinase,
  • Isoamylase,
• See: Brush Border, Catalysis, Hydrolysis.

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References

2019

• (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrase Retrieved:2019-3-28.
  • Sucrase is a digestive enzyme secreted in the small intestine. Sucrase enzymes are located on the brush border of the small intestine. The enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to its subunits fructose and glucose. The sucrase enzyme invertase, which occurs more commonly in plants, also hydrolyzes sucrose but by a different mechanism.

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