An amylase (/ˈæmɪleɪs/) is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch (Latin amylum) into sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and...
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α-Amylase is an enzyme (EC 3.2.1.1; systematic name 4-α-D-glucan glucanohydrolase) that hydrolyses α bonds of large, α-linked polysaccharides, such as...
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β-Amylase (EC 3.2.1.2, saccharogen amylase, glycogenase) is an enzyme with the systematic name 4-α-D-glucan maltohydrolase. It catalyses the following...
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Mashing (section Amylase rests)
the mixture. Mashing allows the enzymes in the malt (primarily, α-amylase and β-amylase) to break down the starch in the grain into sugars, typically maltose...
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Pancreatic enzymes (medication) (redirect from Pancrelipase Lipase; Pancrelipase Protease; Pancrelipase Amylase)
pancreases or pancrelipase and pancreatin, are commercial mixtures of amylase, lipase, protease and lactase. They are used to treat malabsorption syndrome...
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In molecular biology, alpha-amylase inhibitor (or α-...) is a protein family which inhibits mammalian alpha-amylases specifically, by forming a tight stoichiometric...
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the enzyme amylase. The process in which amylase breaks down starch for sugar consumption is not consistent with all organisms that use amylase to breakdown...
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times that of amylase, it is an indication of pancreatitis due to alcohol. Serum lipase is more sensitive and specific than serum amylase in the diagnosis...
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AMY1A (redirect from Alpha-amylase 1)
Alpha-amylase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AMY1A gene. This gene is found in many organisms. Amylases are secreted proteins that hydrolyze...
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