<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>
suffix applied to the end of the name of enzymes
- ase