Amylase is an enzyme that hydrolyses the alpha bonds of large, alpha-linked polysaccharides, such as starch and glycogen. The catalyzed products are glucose and maltose. In the human body, both salivary and pancreatic amylase is produced. Amylose is a polysaccharide composed of D-glucose units and is one of the two components of starch.
Helotes is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far northwest side of San Antonio. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,341 at the 2010 census.
713 residents are foreign born (4.0% Latin America, 1.3% Europe, 1.2% Asia). According to our research of Texas and other state lists there were 10 registered sex offenders living in Helotes, Texas as of April 09, 2017. The ratio of number of residents in Helotes to the number of sex offenders is 788 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: San Antonio, TX (13.2 miles , pop. 1,144,646).