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Posttranslational Processing and Function of Mucosal Maltases.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Jun 2018
Amiri Mahdi, Naim Hassan Y
Abstract excerpt
The final step of carbohydrate digestion in the intestine is performed by 2 major α-glucosidases of the intestinal mucosa, sucrase-isomaltase (SI) and maltase-glucoamylase. Both of these enzymes are type II membrane glycoproteins, which share a significant level of homology in gene and protein structures and yet have differences in the posttranslational processing, substrate specificity and functional capacity....
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