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amylase

class of enzymes
Class type of: glycoside hydrolase superfamily, digestive enzyme, hydrolase, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds Q17153
amylase
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Facts

10 properties
Instance of
group or class of enzymes
Subclass of
glycoside hydrolase superfamily, digestive enzyme, hydrolase, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds
Has use
fermentation[6]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[11][12]
Different from
serum amylase level[13]
Discoverer or inventor
Anselme Payen[5]
EC enzyme number
3.2.1.-[9]
Molecular function
amylase activity[10]
P14541
2Kks1K[14]
Time of discovery or invention
1833, 1814[7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en amylase ar أميلاز ar أمايليز cs amyláza de Amylasen el αμυλάση es amilasa fa آمیلاز fi Amylaasi he עמילאז hi एमिलेज़ hu amiláz id Beta-amilase it Β-amilasi ja アミラーゼ ko 아밀라제 ko 아밀라아제 ko 아밀레이스 ms Amilase pl amylaza
🔖 Identifiers · 37
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85004721
OpenAlex ID
C170835558, C2909698591
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300380044
BNCF Thesaurus ID
31418
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12140818q
CAS Registry Number
9000-92-4
CosIng number
31925
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID4093778
Dewey Decimal Classification
572.756
EC number
232-567-7
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.029.594
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
148271
Show all 37 identifiers +25
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/amylase
Freebase ID
/m/0h1zf
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
amilasa
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0077702
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
diastase_-_amylaser
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
hyperamylasemia
Lex ID
amylaser, amylase
MeSH descriptor ID
D000681
MeSH tree code
D08.811.277.450.066
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
170835558
NALT ID
6881
NDL Authority ID
00576096
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007294733805171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3868940
Quora topic ID
Amylase
ScienceDirect topic ID
agricultural-and-biological-sciences/amylase
Store medisinske leksikon ID
amylase
Topic's main category
Category:Amylases
UMLS CUI
C0002712
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
amilazes
WikiSkripta article ID
16074
WordLift URL
data.medicalrecords.com
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14759636-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/d4b12d89-25bb-4980-98cb-c52d12c2501b
ZVG number
123118, 531370

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 3
alpha-amylase, beta-amylase family, glucan 1,4-a-glucosidase
Belongs to 2
pancreatic juice, pancreatin
Subclass of 2
digestive enzyme, glycoside hydrolase superfamily
Discoverer or inventor 1
Anselme Payen
Has use 1
fermentation
← Different from 1
amylose
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Summary

amylase is a group or class of enzymes[1]. amylase is a type of glycoside hydrolase superfamily[2], digestive enzyme[3], and hydrolase, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds[4].

Related Entities

Anselme Payen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . InterPro release 2019-Nov-12. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2Kks1K
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  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Amylases
    Molecular function → amylase activity
    Has use → fermentation
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007294733805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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