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Glycosidases

Digestive enzymes that hydrolyze polysaccharides to constituent monosaccharides.

Also: Carbohydrases

Enzymes that cleave glycosidic bonds, including salivary and pancreatic α-amylases and brush-border maltase, sucrase, lactase, and isomaltase that complete carbohydrate digestion.

How one textbook covers it

  • Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 8th ed. (Gropper) — Glossary

    Enzymes that cleave glycosidic bonds, including salivary and pancreatic α-amylases and brush-border maltase, sucrase, lactase, and isomaltase that complete carbohydrate digestion.

Related terms

Disaccharides, Polysaccharides