A-glycosidase enzyme

One of the most important differences between cellulose and starch is that animals can digest starch Because the glycosidic linkages m starch are a an animal s a glycosidase enzymes can catalyze then hydrolysis to glucose When more glucose is... 

When a glycosidase enzyme cleaves an O-glycoside, we should expect a simple general acid-catalysed first step followed by fast addition of water to the intermediate oxonium ion, essentially the same mechanism as is shown by the chemical reaction (Chapter 13). 

X is cleaved with an a-glycosidase enzyme to give a disaccharide and D-fructose. 

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