Table 1

Brush-border disaccharidases and their deficiencies

Di- and PolysaccharideEnzymeGene Locus1-aDeficiencies
LactoseLactase LCT Congenital alactasia Lactase nonpersistence
Sucrose Maltose IsomaltoseSucrase-isomaltase SI Congenital sucrase deficiency
MaltoseMaltase-glucoamylase MGAM Congenital maltase—glucoamylase deficiency
Terminal alpha 1-4 linkages on polysaccharide
TrehaloseTrehalase TREH Trehalase deficiency