Question

N. A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

Answer 1

Invertase (sucrase, saccharase, beta-fructofuranosidase) is an enzyme present in yeast and in the intestinal juice of animals that catalyze the hydrolysis of table sugar (sucrose, saccharose) to the simple sugars, glucose and fructose. This equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose is called invert sugar.