<enzyme> General and imprecise term for an enzyme that breaks up and degrades complex sugar subunits of a polysaccharide such as starch or sucrose into simple ones, such as glucose or fructose. Widely used in food processing. ... It may distinguish between alpha and beta links but is not very substrate specific. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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(gli-ko´sĭ-dās) any of a large group of hydrolytic enzymes acting on glycosyl compounds.
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An enzyme capable of splitting a glycosidic bond.
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(= glycosylase) Lackie General and imprecise term for an enzyme that degrades linkage between sugar subunits of a polysaccharide. Any of the EC 3.2 class of hydrolases that cleave glycosidic bonds. They may distinguish between a and b links, for example, but are not very substrate specific. See endoglycosidase.
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