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sucrose alpha-d-glucohydrolase (medicine)


sucrose alpha-d-glucohydrolase
<enzyme> An enzyme hydrolyzing sucrose and maltose; in a complex with isomaltase; hence, hydrolyzes both sucrose and isomaltose; found in the intestinal mucosa; a deficiency of this enzyme results in defective digestion of sucrose and linear a1,4-glucans.

Synonym: sucrase.


Albee, Edward (Franklin) (sh)




born March 12, 1928, Virginia, U.S.

U.S. playwright.

He was the adopted grandson and namesake of a well-known vaudeville theatre manager. His first one-act play, The Zoo Story (1959), and Other early plays, including The Sandbox (1960) and The American Dream (1961), were characteristic of the Theatre of the Absurd. His Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962; Film, 1966) was widely acclaimed. He won Pulitzer prizes for A Delicate Balance (1966), Seascape (1975), and Three Tall Women (1991). He has also adapted Other writers' works for the stage, including Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (1981).