The ending -ase in Biology and biochemistry is indicative of an enzyme. Major enzymes include lipase, lactase, maltase and sucrase.
Names of biological catalysts Enzymes end with ase
The ending ase indicates that the substance is a catalyst.
It denotes an enzyme
-ose, as in fructose, glucose, lactose, etc.
The name of the substance in diamonds is carbon.
Nomenclature deals with the aspect of 'name' or naming with a substance.
The ending ase indicates that the substance is a catalyst.
usually end in the suffix -ase
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decease
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Amylase Decease
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Part of an enzyme's name is usually derived from the reaction it catalyzes.
In 1833, French chemistAnselme Payendiscovered the first enzyme which brake down starch intosugar. he named this diastase which mean inLatin seeding a part ( dia-stasis)since then the -ase (from diastase) was used torefertoenzymaticactivity.
Enzymes are assigned names ending in -ase, for instance, zymase.Sugars are assigned names ending in -ose, for instance, glucose.One way of identifying words that end in a particular sequence of letters involves using Wolfram/Alpha (given in the link). For instance, to identify six-letter words ending in ose enter ___ose (note: three underscores).
Drug names ending in "ase" may be Thrombolytic agents such as alteplase, streptokinase, reteplase, and urokinase. These drugs are used to dissolve blood clots due to coronary artery thrombi, deep vien thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.