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      Generally speaking, enzymes (which amylase happens to be) do not undergo any permanent structural change while carrying out their function. Some do exhibit transient conformational change during a reaction, but upon completion regain their original form.  

So your initial assumption is correct: once amylase has finished catalyzing the breakdown of starch into less complex sugar molecules, it moves on and repeats the process over and over.

Enzymes are categorized into different classes in which amylase belongs to the family of enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis. Amylase cleaves compounds by adding water to them.

  • They catalyze the cleavage of starch into the smaller carbohydrate by adding water to them.

  • When the enzyme amylase acts on the starch it gets transformed into maltose.

  • Maltose sugar gets cleaved by the action of maltase and two units of glucose are formed.

  • The enzyme amylase does not exhibit any conformational changes during the reactions.

  • Once the enzyme amylase cleaves starch into glucose they further repeat the process until the starch is completely digested.

Therefore, amylase continues the breakdown of starch into simple sugar units.

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