noun
BiochemistryAn enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cellobiose into glucose.
Cellobiases (also called β-glucosidases) act on terminal 1,4-β-D-glucoside linkages in cellulose.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society. From German Cellobiase from Cellobi- (in Cellobiose) + -ase.
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