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語源

By surface analysis, zym- +‎ -ase.

名詞

zymase (countable and uncountable, plural zymases)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the fermentation of simple carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide.
   • 1934 November, Carl Neuberg, Maria Kobel, “Present Status of the Problem of Sugar Fermentation”, in Journal of Bacteriology, volume 28, number 5, →DOI:

     In 1905, Harden and Young found that the zymase of Buchner consisted of a thermolabile ferment fraction, which was later designated as "apo-zymase" by Neuberg and v. Euler, and of a thermostable ultrafiltrable factor, "co-zymase," the presence of which is necessary for the fermentation of sugar.

アナグラム

• Y-mazes, azymes