Malto-oligosaccharides have two major groups based on degree of polymerisation (DP): short-length chains and long length
chains.
In the present study, the effect of amylase on the short-length chain of malto-oligosaccharides with a DP of 4–8 was investigated.
Thus, the amylase enzyme, which has a preference for cleaving long-length chains, displayed lower activity with malto-oligosaccharides with short-length chains.