Maltase
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- Maltase is an enzyme found in the small intestine.
- Neutral maltase is an alpha-glucosidase (alpha-D-glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.
- Acid maltase is almost completely extracted with water, whereas renal maltase is extracted only with Triton.
- Davis and Ling [1904], who measured the quantity of glucose formed from heated diastase solutions, showed that the maximum quantity of the sugar just mentioned is produced when the diastase solution is heated at 68-700, a temperature at which maltase is inactive.
- Maltase is the enzyme that hydrolyzes maltose.
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