The endoamylolyric enzyme or-amylasc (EC2 3.2.1.1 ,cu-1, 4-glucan-4-~lucnnohydrolasc) catalyses rhe cleavage of cu-1,4~glycosidic bonds within starch and related substrates releasitlg nlalrose and lorlger oligosaccharides ntld a-limit dcxtrins. A wide range of organisms produec ol-amylases and several of the relcvant genes have been cloned [I-d]
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