isoamylase

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounisoamylase (countable and uncountable, plural isoamylases)

plural isoamylases

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryAn 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.

Origin

From iso- + amylase.

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