isoamylase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

isoamylase isoamylases

Etymology

From iso- + amylase.

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