Alpha-glucosidase
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The term maltase
Maltase
Maltase is an enzyme that breaks down the disaccharide maltose. Maltase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the disaccharide maltose to the simple sugar glucose. This enzyme is found in plants, bacteria, and yeast. Then there is what is called Acid maltase deficiency...
, which refers to an enzyme cleaving maltose
Maltose
Maltose , or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose joined with an αbond, formed from a condensation reaction. The isomer "isomaltose" has two glucose molecules linked through an α bond. Maltose is the second member of an important biochemical series of glucose chains....
, is nearly equivalent.
Types include:
- Acid alpha-glucosidaseAcid alpha-glucosidaseLysosomal alpha-glucosidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GAA gene. Errors in this gene cause glycogen storage disease type II .-External links:* -Further reading:...
- neutral