Glucan 1,4-a-glucosidase
Glucan 1,4-alpha-glucosidase is an enzyme located on the brush border of the small intestine with systematic name 4-alpha-D-glucan glucohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Most forms of the enzyme can rapidly hydrolyse 1,6-alpha-D-glucosidic bonds when the next bond in the sequence is 1,4. They belong to a variety of different GH families, such as glycoside hydrolase family 15 in fungi, glycoside hydrolase family 31 of human intestine MGAM, and glycoside hydrolase family 97 of bacterial forms. It was also known as γ-Amylase.
