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Amylase is an enzyme found in human saliva and the pancreas that breaks down starch from foods like rice and potatoes into sugars. This enzyme starts the digestive process in your mouth, which is why starchy foods can begin to taste slightly sweet as you chew them.
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Key facts
- Enzyme.Name
- Alpha-amylase
- Enzyme.EC_number
- 3.2.1.1
- Enzyme.CAS_number
- 9000-90-2
- Enzyme.GO_code
- GO:0004556
- Enzyme.image
- 2xfr b amylase.png
- Enzyme.caption
- Structure of barley beta-amylase. PDB
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Research
48,435 papers- Amylase.ReviewEmergency medicine clinics of North America · 1986Garrison R
- Amylase, isoamylase and macroamylase.ReviewDigestion · 1975Goldberg DM, Spooner RJDOI: 10.1159/000197696
- Amylase--its clinical significance: a review of the literature.ReviewMedicine · 1976Salt WB 2nd, Schenker SDOI: 10.1097/00005792-197607000-00001
- Clinical applications of amylase: Novel perspectives.ReviewSurgery · 2016Azzopardi E, Lloyd C, Teixeira SR et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.01.005
- Structure-based modification of a-amylase by conventional and emerging technologies: Comparative study on the secondary structure, activity, thermal stability and amylolysis efficiency.ReviewFood chemistry · 2024Abedi E, Kaveh S, Mohammad Bagher Hashemi SDOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137903
- Amylase in the lung.Cancer · 1977Otsuki M, Yuu H, Maeda M et al.DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197704)39:4<1656::aid-cncr2820390440>3.0.co;2-8
- A brief overview on the application and sources of α-amylase and expression hosts properties in order to production of recombinant α-amylase.ReviewBiotechnology and applied biochemistry · 2022Movahedpour A, Asadi M, Khatami SH et al.DOI: 10.1002/bab.2140
- [Amylase].La Presse medicale · 1969Dauchy F
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Salivary alpha-amylase 1SMD.png
- Has use
- fermentation
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1814-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Anselme Payen
- EC enzyme number
- 3.2.1.-
- Commons category
- Amylases
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Article · Deutsch
Amylasen (von altgriechisch ἄμυλον ámylon „Stärke“) sind Enzyme, die bei den meisten Lebewesen vorkommen und dort Polysaccharide abbauen. Heutzutage wird α-Amylase auch gentechnisch hergestellt. Ihre Wirkung besteht darin, dass sie Polysaccharide (z. B. Stärke) an den Glykosidbindungen spalten und abbauen kann. Amylase ist als Hydrolase (ein Enzym, das hydrolytisch spaltet) oder auch als Glykosidase eingestuft (ein Enzym, das Polysaccharide spaltet).
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