Endoenzyme

Anendoenzyme,orintracellular enzyme,is anenzymethat functionswithin the cellin which it was produced.Because the majority of enzymes fall within this category, the term is used primarily to differentiate a specific enzyme from anexoenzyme.It is possible for a single enzyme to have both endoenzymatic and exoenzymatic functions; for example, glycolytic enzymes of Kreb's Cycle.In most cases the term endoenzyme refers to an enzyme that binds to a bond 'within the body' of a large molecule - usually a polymer. For example, an endoamylase would break down large amylose molecules into shorter dextrin chains. On the other hand, an exoenzyme removes subunits from the polymer one at a time from one end; in effect it can only act at the end ponts of a polymer. An exoamylase would therefore remove one glucose molecule at a time from the end of an amylose molecule.