FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The suffix “-ase” is used to signify an enzyme. In enzyme naming, an enzyme is denoted by adding-ase to the end of the name of the substrate on which the enzyme acts. It is also used to identify a particular class of enzymes that catalyze a specific type of reaction.

Detailed explanation-2: -The-ase suffix is a libfix derived from “diastase", the first recognized enzyme. Its usage in subsequently discovered enzymes was proposed by Émile Duclaux, with the intention of honoring the first scientists to isolate diastase.

Detailed explanation-3: -The suffix-ase is used in biochemistry to form names of enzymes. The most common way to name enzymes is to add this suffix onto the end of the substrate, e.g. an enzyme that breaks down peroxides may be called peroxidase.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some commonly known examples of enzyme end with the suffix “ase” are the catalytic reaction of an enzyme named maltase react with substrate named maltose to produce glucose and enzymatic action of lactase on the substrate called lactose to produce glucose and galactose.