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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PECTASE

From pectin + -ase.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PECTASE

pectase  [ˈpɛkteɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PECTASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pectase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PECTASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pectase in the English dictionary

The definition of pectase in the dictionary is an enzyme occurring in certain ripening fruits: involved in transforming pectin into a soluble form.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PECTASE


ace
eɪs
base
beɪs
bass
beɪs
case
keɪs
case-by-case
ˈkeɪsbaɪkeɪs
database
ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs
diastase
ˈdaɪəˌsteɪs
dioptase
daɪˈɒpteɪs
elastase
ɪˈlæsteɪs
face
feɪs
Fuentes
ˈfwɛnteɪs
grace
ɡreɪs
interface
ˈɪntəˌfeɪs
lace
leɪs
lactase
ˈlækteɪs
marketplace
ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs
MySpace
ˈmaɪˌspeɪs
phosphatase
ˈfɒsfəˌteɪs
place
pleɪs
race
reɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PECTASE

pecs
pectate
pecten
pectic
pectic acid
pectin
pectinaceous
pectinal
pectinate
pectinated
pectinately
pectination
pectineal
pectines
pectinesterase
pectinous
pectisable
pectisation
pectise
pectizable

WORDS THAT END LIKE PECTASE

anatase
aromatase
cytochrome reductase
invertase
maltase
mutase
Nastase
oxidoreductase
reductase
reverse transcriptase
sulfatase
sulphatase
synaptase
synthetase
transcriptase

Synonyms and antonyms of pectase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pectase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PECTASE

Find out the translation of pectase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pectase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pectase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

果胶酶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pectase
570 millions of speakers

English

pectase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pectase
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بكتاز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pectase
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pectase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pectase
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pectase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pektase
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pektase
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pectase
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pectase
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pectase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pectase
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pectase
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पक्सेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pectase
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pectase
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pectase
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pectase
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pectase
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

pectase
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pectase
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pectase
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pectase
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pectase

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PECTASE»

The term «pectase» is used very little and occupies the 188.210 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PECTASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pectase» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pectase» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pectase

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PECTASE»

Discover the use of pectase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pectase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation
The retarding influence of acid is lessened by the presence of a larger proportion of calcium salts, or of pectase. This explains why the juices of cherries and raspberries coagulate pectine though they are fairly acid in reaction. The gelatini-  ...
2
Technical Bulletin
paper was readily hydrolyzed when it was the only carbohydrate available. In the discussion of enzymes involved in the changes of pectic substances the classification used by Atkins (6) and by Willaman {101) will be followed, i. e. : Pectase.
‎1933
3
Peach brown rot
In the discussion of enzymes involved in the changes of pectic substances the classification used by Atkins (6) and by Willaman (101) will be followed, i. e. : Pectase.— Coagulates soluble pectin to a gel in the presence of traces of salts.
John William Roberts, John Clymer Dunegan, 1932
4
Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology
About 50% of the methyl alcohol bound in the pectin is split off in 2 hrs., and about 90% in 5 weeks, by the action of the pectase in leaf tissue during autolysis of macerates of green tobacco leaves. In similar experiments by Kertesz (114), 33 % ...
F. F. Nord, 2009
5
The Journal of Biological Chemistry
tomato pectase solution for 30 minutes at pH 6.5. The temperature (ffi5) required for 50 per cent inactivation is about 12° higher than that required for citrus peel pectase (10). This agrees with the general observation that tomato pectase is ...
‎1947
6
Principles of Plant Physiology
There is evidence that at least three different enzymes are concerned in the breaking down of pectic substances. These are (1) pectosinase, which acts on pectose, breaking it up presumably into soluble pectin and cellulose, (2) pectase, which ...
Walter Stiles, 1994
7
Plant Pathology V1: The Diseased Plant
G'aumann and Bohni (1947a, b), studying the effect of nutrient solution on the production of pectinase and pectase by Botrytis cinerea, showed the former to be developed independent of the chemical composition of the medium, whereas the  ...
James G. Horsfall, 2012
8
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Included in *non-starch polysaccharides. pectin, amidated The low-methoxyl pectin formed when pectin is demethylated using ammonia (as opposed to use of *pectase), forming amides to replace the methoxyl groups. pectinase An enzyme  ...
David A. Bender, 2009
9
Industrial Exploitation of Microorganisms
Among the three enzymes viz., cellulase, polyphenol oxidase and pectase, polyphenol oxidase was much less, while the other two enzymes were produced relatively in high amount with less variation. These enzymes are involved in the ...
R. Saravanamuthu, 2010
10
Special Report
existed — pectase, which coagulated pectin, and pectinase, which destroyed the coagulum produced by pectase. The action of pectase on pectin solutions was further investigated by Goyaud (1902), with a view to ascertaining whether pectin  ...
Great Britain. Food Investigation Board, 1926

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« EDUCALINGO. Pectase [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pectase>. May 2024 ».
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