Amylase is an enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of the polysaccharide starch to the disaccharide maltose. Salivary amylase is produced by the salivary glands and pancreatic amylase is produced by the pancreas. If amylase is added to a solution of starch, the starch will be digested to form maltose.
Hawkins, Texas. Hawkins is a city in Wood County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,278 at the 2010 census.
< Back to Map. John Hawkins was born in England in about 1718, and immigrated to Virginia in 1743 with three of his sisters. In 1744 he married Mary Langford, daughter of Col. Thomas Langford . The couple eventually settled in Hanover County, Virginia. Hawkins was said to be a third or fourth generation descendant of Admiral Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595), the famed ship architect, explorer, and battle strategist who served as vice admiral at the 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada.