BL-Amylase

Amylase is an enzyme that helps break down starch and glycogen into smaller sugar molecules through the process of hydrolysis. It primarily targets the starch and glycogen -1,4 glycosidic linkages.

Plants produce a complex polymer called starch, but animals store glucose in the form of glycogen. Both starch and glycogen are made up of glucose units connected by 1,4-glycosidic bonds, with 1,6-glycosidic links sporadically occurring in glycogen.

Different creatures, including people, animals, plants, and microbes, produce amylase enzymes. They are essential for the breakdown and use of carbohydrates.
Amylase enzymes are used in the creation of biofuels as well. They are used in the process of saccharification, which turns starch into fermentable sugars so that ethanol can be produced.