Isomaltase

Isomaltase is an enzyme that breaks the bonds linking saccharides, which cannot be broken by amylase or maltase. It digests polysaccharides at the alpha 1-6 linkages. Its substrate, alpha-limit dextrin, is a product of amylopectin digestion that retains its 1-6 linkage (its alpha 1-4 linkages having already been broken down by amylase). The product of the enzymatic digestion of alpha-limit dextrin by isomaltase is maltose.

Isomaltase helps amylase to digest alpha-limit dextrin to produce maltose.

See also

• Sucrase-isomaltase

External links

• Isomaltase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)