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.
Also known as. born. died. Sir John Hawkins, Hawkins also spelled Hawkyns (born 1532, Plymouth, Devon, Eng.âdied Nov. 12, 1595, at sea off Puerto Rico), English naval administrator and commander, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy.