Any feedback?
Please rate this page
(enzyme.php)
(0/150)

BRENDA support

BRENDA Home
show all | hide all No of entries

Information on EC 3.2.1.1 - alpha-amylase

for references in articles please use BRENDA:EC3.2.1.1
Please wait a moment until all data is loaded. This message will disappear when all data is loaded.
EC Tree
IUBMB Comments
Acts on starch, glycogen and related polysaccharides and oligosaccharides in a random manner; reducing groups are liberated in the alpha-configuration. The term "alpha" relates to the initial anomeric configuration of the free sugar group released and not to the configuration of the linkage hydrolysed.
Specify your search results
Select one or more organisms in this record: ?
Show additional data
Do not include text mining results
Include (text mining) results
Include results (AMENDA + additional results, but less precise)
Word Map
The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms
Synonyms
alpha-amylase, diastase, alpha amylase, pancreatic alpha-amylase, crustacean cardioactive peptide, maltogenic amylase, taka-amylase a, human salivary alpha-amylase, bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase, alpha-amylase 2, more
REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
COMMENTARY hide
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
(alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-4))n-alpha-D-glucopyranose + H2O = (alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-4))n-m-alpha-D-glucopyranose + (alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-4))m-alpha-D-glucopyranose
show the reaction diagram
Select items on the left to see more content.