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.
Hawkins was born in Beaufort, N.C., in 1923 on Armistice Day, thus his middle name. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II and graduated from Johnson C. Smith University.In 1945, after his first year in dental school at Howard University, he married Catherine Richardson, also a JCSU graduate.awkins was born in Beaufort, N.C., in 1923 on Armistice Day, thus his middle name. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II and graduated from Johnson C. Smith University.