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Amylolysis

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Word	Definition
amylohydrolasenoun	(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses starch
glucoamylasenoun	(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes the glucoside bond in starches and dextrins
amylasenoun	(biochemistry) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
amylogenesisnoun	The formation of starch.
amylosenoun	(biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
amylomaltasenoun	(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transglycosylation of maltose or maltodextrins
diastasenoun	(biochemistry) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly amylases (α-amylase and β-amylase).
amyloidolysisnoun	The enzymatic breakup (hydrolysis) of amyloids
amyloglycosidasenoun	Alternative form of amyloglucosidase. [(biochemistry) A form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches]
saccharinizationnoun	(rare) The act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.
amylinnoun	(biochemistry) A pancreatic polypeptide hormone that is secreted with insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, that is a major component of the amyloid deposits found outside beta cells in those affected with type 2 diabetes, and that inhibits the glucose synthesis stimulated by insulin in skeletal muscles.
exoamylasenoun	(biochemistry) An amylase that hydrolyses glycosidic bonds near an end of the polysaccharide
glycoamylasenoun	Alternative form of glucoamylase. [(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes the glucoside bond in starches and dextrins]
amylolytic	(biochemistry) Relating to amylolysis
amyloglucosidasenoun	(biochemistry) A form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches
isoamylasenoun	(biochemistry) An enzyme, glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins.
saccharificationnoun	(biochemistry) The hydrolysis of soluble polysaccharides to form simple sugars.
amylopsinnoun	(biochemistry) A pancreatic form of amylase.
glucasenoun	(dated, biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.
endoamylasenoun	(biochemistry) Any amylase that works on nonterminal glycoside linkage.