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.
Nationality: England. Executive summary: British admiral, slave trader. Sir John Hawkins, or Hawkyns, British admiral, was born at Plymouth in 1532, and belonged to a family of Devonshire shipowners and skippers -- occupations then more closely connected than is now usual.