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Literature summary for 3.2.1.1 extracted from

  • Liu, X.D.; Xu, Y.
    A novel raw starch digesting alpha-amylase from a newly isolated Bacillus sp. YX-1: Purification and characterization (2007), Biores. Technol., 99, 4315-4320.
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Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
54000
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gel filtration Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
56000
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1 * 56000, SDS-PAGE Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) YX-1
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
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607 U/mg. One unit of alpha-amylase activity is defined as the amount of enzyme which causes 1% blue value reduction of 1% potato starch solution at 40°C for one minute Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
starch + H2O strong digesting ability towards various raw starches. The degradation rates of corn, wheat and potato starch granules at 1% concentration are 57.5%, 53%, 45.1% at 8 h and 63.2%, 56.4%, 48.6% at 12 h, respectively. Efficiently hydrolyzes raw corn starch at a concentration of 20% and pH 5.0 Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) ?
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starch + H2O strong digesting ability towards various raw starches. The degradation rates of corn, wheat and potato starch granules at 1% concentration are 57.5%, 53%, 45.1% at 8 h and 63.2%, 56.4%, 48.6% at 12 h, respectively. Efficiently hydrolyzes raw corn starch at a concentration of 20% and pH 5.0 Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) YX-1 ?
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
monomer 1 * 56000, SDS-PAGE Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
40 50
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
5
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
4.5 11 the enzyme retains 80% of its original activity over a broad range of pH 4.5–11.0 at 40°C for 60 min Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

pH Stability

pH Stability pH Stability Maximum Comment Organism
4.5 11 stable Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)