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Literature summary for 3.2.1.1 extracted from

  • Mohamed, S.A.; Drees, E.A.; El-Badry, M.O.; Fahmy, A.S.
    Biochemical properties of alpha-amylase from peel of Citrus sinensis cv. Abosora (2010), Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 160, 2054-2065.
    View publication on PubMed

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Ca2+ about 80% relative activity at 10 mM Ca2+ Citrus sinensis
Cu2+ 7% residual activity at 2 mM Citrus sinensis
Hg2+ complete inhibition at 2 mM Citrus sinensis
Mg2+ 82% residual activity at 2 mM Citrus sinensis
Mn2+ 12% residual activity at 2 mM Citrus sinensis
Ni2+ 73% residual activity at 2 mM Citrus sinensis
Zn2+ 5% residual activity at 2 mM Citrus sinensis

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Ba2+ 35% increase of activity at 2 mM Citrus sinensis
Ca2+ the activity of the alpha-amylase AI is increased 1.5fold in the presence of 4 mM Ca2+ Citrus sinensis
additional information Li+ has negligible effect on activity Citrus sinensis

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
42000
-
gel filtration and SDS-PAGE Citrus sinensis

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
amylopectin + H2O Citrus sinensis 73% activity compared to corn starch malto-oligosaccharides
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corn starch + H2O Citrus sinensis 100% activity malto-oligosaccharides
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?
dextrin + H2O Citrus sinensis 67% activity compared to corn starch malto-oligosaccharides
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?
glycogen + H2O Citrus sinensis 81% activity compared to corn starch malto-oligosaccharides
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?
additional information Citrus sinensis does not hydrolyze beta-cyclodextrin and dextran ?
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potato starch + H2O Citrus sinensis potato starch has low affinity toward alpha-amylase AI (12% activity compared to corn starch) malto-oligosaccharides
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Citrus sinensis
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cultivar Abosora
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
TEAE-cellulose column chromatography, carboxymethyl-cellulose column chromatography, and Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration Citrus sinensis

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
peel
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Citrus sinensis
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
0.956
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crude extract, at 40°C Citrus sinensis
7.986
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after 8.4fold purification, at 40°C Citrus sinensis

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
amylopectin + H2O 73% activity compared to corn starch Citrus sinensis malto-oligosaccharides
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?
corn starch + H2O 100% activity Citrus sinensis malto-oligosaccharides
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?
dextrin + H2O 67% activity compared to corn starch Citrus sinensis malto-oligosaccharides
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?
glycogen + H2O 81% activity compared to corn starch Citrus sinensis malto-oligosaccharides
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?
additional information does not hydrolyze beta-cyclodextrin and dextran Citrus sinensis ?
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?
potato starch + H2O potato starch has low affinity toward alpha-amylase AI (12% activity compared to corn starch) Citrus sinensis malto-oligosaccharides
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?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
monomer 1 * 42000, SDS-PAGE Citrus sinensis

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
alpha-amylase AI the enzyme is an endoamylase Citrus sinensis

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
40
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Citrus sinensis

Temperature Range [°C]

Temperature Minimum [°C] Temperature Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
10 50 alpha-amylase AI maintains about 50% activity over a temperature range from 10-50°C Citrus sinensis

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
40 70 the enzyme is thermally stable up to 40°C and inactivated at 70°C, the enzyme has lost 80% of its activity at 60°C Citrus sinensis

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
5.6
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in sodium acetate Citrus sinensis