Merck, 09962-500G, Diastase from Aspergillus oryzae

Application
Diastase from Aspergillus oryzae has been used:
to distinguish sulphomucins and sialomucins
to discriminate acidic mucins from neutral mucins in the lingual salivary glands
as a component of the BioVision amylase activity assay buffer solution for in vitro and ex vivo degradation assays

Biochem/physiol Actions
Diastase catalyzes the digestion of glycogen. It is useful as a reducing and stabilizing agent in the aqueous synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs).
Other Notes
1 U corresponds to the amount of enzyme which liberates 1 μmol maltose per minute at pH 6.0 and 25 °C (starch acc. to Zulkowsky, Cat. No. 85642, as substrate)