isoamylase

English

Etymology

iso- +‎ amylase

Noun

isoamylase (countable and uncountable, plural isoamylases)

1. (biochemistry) 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.