-ase

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ase"

English

Etymology

Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ās′, āz′
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /-ˌeɪs/, /-ˌeɪz/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /-ˌæɪs/, /-ˌæɪz/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ˌes/, /-ˌez/
• (India) IPA^(key): /-ˌeːs/, /-ˌeːz/
• Rhymes: -eɪs, -eɪz
• Hyphenation: -ase

Suffix

-ase (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)

1. Used to form the names of enzymes.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ase

acetamidase

acetylase

acetylesterase

aconitase

activase

acylase

acylphosphatase

adenase

adenosylmethioninase

adenylosuccinase

adenylpyrophosphatase

agarase

aggrecanase

agmatinase

alcalase

alcoholase

aldolase

aldonolactonase

alglucerase

alkyllysinase

allantoicase

allantoinase

alliinase

aminase

aminoacylase

aminotripeptidase

amygdalase

amylase

amylopullulanase

aneurinase

angiotensinase

angiotensinogenase

apyrase

arabanase

arabinase

arabinofuranosidase

arbutinase

archaeosortase

archease

arginase

argininosuccinase

arylamidase

aryldialkylphosphatase

arylesterase

arylformamidase

asparaginase

aspartase

ATPase

atroxase

baicalinase

beta-lactamase

betulase

bisphosphatase

brinase

butyrinase

canavanase

carbamoylase

carbapenemase

carbohydrase

carboxylase

carboxylesterase

carboxypeptidase

carnosinase

carrageenase

casease

caseinase

caspase

catalase

catecholase

cefotaximase

cellodextrinase

cellulase

cephalosporinase

ceramidase

cerebrosidase

cerliponase alfa

chelatase

chitinase

chitobiosidase

chitodextrinase

chitosanase

chitotriosidase

chlorophyllase

chondroitinase

chymase

citratase

coagulase

colipase

collagenase

conjugase

convertase

creatinase

creatininase

cresolase

crotalase

crotonase

curdlanase

cutinase

cyanophycinase

cyclase

cyclomaltodextrinase

cystathionase

cytase

deacetylase

deadenylase

deamidase

deaminase

decarbonylase

decarboxylase

dechlorinase

deethylase

deformylase

deglycosylase

dehalogenase

dehydrase

dehydratase

dehydrochlorinase

dehydrogenase

dehydrohalogenase

deiminase

deiodase

demalonylase

demethylase

dephosphatase

desaturase

destabilase

desuccinylase

desulfurase

dextranase

dextrinase

diaphorase

dihydroorotase

dihydropyrimidinase

dimethylargininase

dinitrogenase

dipeptidase

diphosphatase

disaccharidase

dismutase

disruptase

duodenase

elastase

elastinase

elongase

endogalactosaminidase

endoglycosidase

endoglycosylceramidase

endoneuraminidase

endopeptidase

enkephalinase

enolase

epimerase

epoxidase

epoxygenase

ereptase

esterase

excisionase

exopeptidase

exopolyphosphatase

farnesyltranstransferase

feraxanase

fibrinase

fibrinogenase

fibrolase

flippase

foldase

formylase

Fromase

fructanase

fructosidase

fucoidanase

fucosidase

fumarase

galactanase

galactase

galactosidase

galactosylceramidase

galactowaldenase

galacturonosidase

gelatinase

geranylgeranylase

ginsenosidase

glucanase

glucase

glucocerebrosidase

gluconolactonase

glucosaminidase

glucosidase

glucosylase

glucuronidase

glutaminase

glutamylase

glutarylase

glycanase

glyceridase

glycosaminidase

glycosidase

glycosulfatase

glycosylase

glyoxalase

Translations

forms the names of enzymes

Bulgarian: -а́за f (-áza) Czech: -áza f Finnish: -aasi Hindi: -एद (-ed) Hungarian: -áz Indonesian: -ase Irish: -áis f Italian: -asi (it) Polish: -aza f Portuguese: -ase f Spanish: -asa (es) Swedish: -as (sv) c Welsh: -as (cy)

See also

• Enzyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AES, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, eas, esa, sea

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asə]
• Hyphenation: asê

Etymology 1

From Dutch -age, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix

asê

1. -age: action; result of an action

Alternative forms

• -aj (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

From English -ase.

Suffix

asê

1. (chemistry) -ase

Derived terms

Indonesian terms suffixed with -ase

pasase

persentase

plantase

ritase

spionase

tonase

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zɨ/

• Hyphenation: -a‧se

Suffix

-ase f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)

1. (chemistry) -ase (forms the names of enzymes)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ase

aldolase

arabinase

metástase

protease

Spanish

Suffix

-ase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of -ar