Digestion of 1-6 linkages of limit dextrins to yield maltose, maltotriose, longer maltosides, and glucose Authored: D'Eustachio, P, 2006-11-03 14:36:07 EC Number: 3.2.1.20 Edited: D'Eustachio, P, 2006-11-03 14:39:28 ISBN0079130356 Pubmed3897250 Pubmed807575 Pubmed9446624 Reactome Database ID Release 43189053 Reactome, http://www.reactome.org ReactomeREACT_9414 Reviewed: Nichols, BL, 2007-01-15 21:51:24 The 1-6 linkages in extracellular limit dextrins are hydrolyzed by sucrase-isomaltase to yield maltose, maltotriose, longer maltosides, and glucose (Conklin et al. 1975; Nichols et al. 1998; Semenza et al. 2001). In the body, this enzyme is found on the external face of enterocytes in microvilli of the small intestine (Hauri et al. 1985), and acts on limit dextrins generated by the hydrolysis of amylopectin starch.