-ase
Greek Origin
This chemical ending was derived from
Greek word διάστασις/diastasis(=separation)
> διά-/dia-(=prefix denoting “through”, “apart” ) > δυο/dio(two)
+ στάσις/stasis(=halt) > ίστημι/histimi(=stand).
+ στάσις/stasis(=halt) > ίστημι/histimi(=stand).
Coined/History
Diastase was the first enzyme discovered in 1833 by
Anselme Payen (1795 – 1878) and Jean-Francois Persoz, chemist
at a French sugar factory. The name derived from the Greek word "διάστασις" because they considered that the
soluble extract which used cleaved (separated) starch. The Greek ending converted to
French pronunciation to “ase”.
Definition
-άση/-asy(=-ase) suffix added to the name of the substrate that the enzyme hydrolyzes eg proteinase for protein or lipase for lipids.
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