... FEBSstarch digestion. SIM accounts for almost all sucrase activity, all isomaltase activity, and 80% of the maltase activity, while MGA accounts for all glucoamylase activity, 20% of the maltase activity, ... four-carbon chain of salacinol and the seven-carbon chain of kotalanol.Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of MGA protein organization and expression construct.Amino acid boundaries of each of the domains ... of the breakdown of maltose, 5 lm acarbose onlyinhibited 4% of the activity. Thus, it would appear thatacarbose acts mainly by inhibiting human pancreatic a- amylase (HPA) and the breakdown of...