alpha-amylase

class of enzymes
Class type of: amylase, food enzyme Q106951023

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
amylase, food enzyme[2][3]
Different from
salivary amylase[7]
EC enzyme number
3.2.1.1[5]
Molecular function
alpha-amylase activity[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en alpha-amylase en alpha-amylases ar ألفا أميلاز es α-Amilasa fa آلفا آمیلاز fr α-amylase hi अल्फा-एमिलेज़ hu alfa-amiláz id Alfa-amilase it α-amilasi ja α-アミラーゼ ko 알파-아밀레이스 pl α-amylaza ru Альфа-амилаза tr Alfa-Amilaz uk Альфа-амілаза zh α-淀粉酶
🔖 Identifiers · 20
OpenAlex ID
C173959671
AGROVOC ID
c_29487
CAB ID
20578
CAS Registry Number
9000-90-2
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID4050435
DrugBank ID
DB11065
E number
E1100
EC number
232-565-6
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.029.592
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/alpha-amylase
Freebase ID
/m/02qyzvd
HCIS ID
246
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MeSH descriptor ID
D000516
NALT ID
1184
Open Food Facts food additive ID
e1100-alpha-amylase
Quora topic ID
Alpha-Amylase
RxNorm CUI
560
WikiSkripta article ID
617
ZVG number
123116

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Has use 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Subclass of 1
Subtypes 1
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Summary

alpha-amylase is a group or class of enzymes[1].

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