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[[Image:Amylase Hydrolysis.png | Hydrolysis of sugar using Amylase | left | thumb | 300px]]
[[Image:Amylase Hydrolysis.png | Hydrolysis of sugar using Amylase | left | thumb | 300px]]
Hydrolysis of starch or oligosaccharides by mammalian amylases, in general, results in maltose as the leaving group. The active site of these amylases harbors three aromatic residues Trp59, Tyr62, and Tyr151, which provide stacking interactions to the bound glucose moieties.