<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up - ase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up - ase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> The suffix - ase is used in biochemistry to form names of enzymes . The most common way to name enzymes is to add this suffix onto the end of the substrate, e.g. an enzyme that breaks down peroxides may be called peroxidase; the enzyme that produces telomeres is called telomerase . Sometimes enzymes are named for the function they perform, rather than substrate, e.g. the enzyme that polymerizes (assembles) DNA into strands is called polymerase; see also reverse transcriptase . </P> <P> The commonly used - ase suffix for naming enzymes was derived from the name diastase . </P>

Organic molecules that end in the suffix ase