LIPASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lipase mean? 

• LIPASE (noun)
  The noun LIPASE has 1 sense:

1. an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream

  Familiarity information: LIPASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIPASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lipase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Holonyms ("lipase" is a substance of...):

gastric acid; gastric juice (digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase)

 Context examples 

This subspecies is non-spore forming, lipase and indole positive, catalase negative, produces hydrogen sulfide, does not hydrolyze esculin or starch, does not reduce nitrate, and does not produce acid from carbohydrates.

(Fusobacterium necrophorum subspecies necrophorum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is lipase negative, does not hydrolyze esculin, does not ferment carbohydrates, does not grow in bile, does not produce propionate from lactate or threonine, but does have phosphate activity.

(Fusobacterium russii, NCI Thesaurus)

This subspecies is non-spore forming, lipase and catalase negative, indole positive, does not hydrolyze esculin or starch, does not reduce nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and does not produce acid from carbohydrates.

(Fusobacterium necrophorum subspecies funduliforme, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase, lysine and ornithine decarboxylase positive, oxidase, urease, lipase, protease, and indole negative, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, and ferments mannitol and xylose.

(Escherichia albertii, NCI Thesaurus)

Endothelial lipase (500 aa, ~57 kDa) is encoded by the human LIPG gene.

(Endothelial Lipase, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that inhibits gastrointestinal lipase, an enzyme that is involved in the absorption of dietary lipids.

(Gastrointestinal Lipase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Lipotrophic by activation of lipoprotein lipase, anticoagulant heparin also binds to and enhances antithrombin III activity and inhibits several coagulation factors.

(Heparin Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

A reversible active-site inhibitor of gastrointestinal lipases.

(Orlistat, NCI Thesaurus)

This syndrome may be seen in patients with liver metastases and it is characterized by excessive secretion of lipase in the serum, polyarthralgia, and subcutaneous fat necrosis.

(Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the genes activated by GR is lipoprotein lipase.

(Metabolic Syndrome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)