{{more citations needed|date=January 2017}} An '''endoenzyme''', or '''intracellular enzyme''', is an enzyme that functions within the cell in which it was produced.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xnClBCuo71IC&dq=endoenzyme&pg=PA917 |title=Microbiology:Application Based Approach |author=Michael J. Pelczar |year=2010 |page=917 |publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education |isbn=9780070151475 |accessdate=18 Jan 2017}}</ref> Because the majority of enzymes fall within this category, the term is used primarily to differentiate a specific enzyme from an exoenzyme. It is possible for a single enzyme to have both endoenzymatic and exoenzymatic functions; for example, glycolytic enzymes of Kreb's Cycle.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} 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.
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