Carbohydrase is the name of a set of enzymes that catalyze five types of reactions, turning carbohydrates into simple sugars, from the large family of glycosidases.
[1] Carbohydrases are produced in the pancreas, salivary glands and small intestine, breaking down polysaccharides.
A carbohydrate is usually a compound consisting of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Carbohydrase facilitates the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simpler sugars called monosaccharides.
γ-Amylase will cleave the last α(1–4)glycosidic linkages at the nonreducing end of amylose and amylopectin, yielding glucose.