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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also produce amylase. Specific amylase proteins are designated by different Greek letters. All amylases are glycoside hydrolases and act on α-1,4-glycosidic...
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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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hydroquinone. α-Arbutin is a synthetic substance that can be produced by enzymatic glycosylation of hydroquinone in the presence of α-amylase and dextrin...
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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 diastase α-amylase degrades starch to a mixture of the disaccharide maltose; the trisaccharide maltotriose, which contains three α (1-4)-linked glucose...
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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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4-α-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.3, glucoamylase, amyloglucosidase, γ-amylase, lysosomal α-glucosidase, acid maltase, exo-1,4-α-glucosidase, glucose amylase,...
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Alpha glucan (redirect from Α-glucan)
granules via hydrolysis with amylotic enzymes such as α-amylase, β-amylase, and glucoamylase. An α-glucan coating boasts protection from digestive environments...
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multi-step bioprocess. First, the enzyme α-amylase is added to a mixture of corn starch and water. α-amylase is secreted by various species of the bacterium...
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potatoes. First, the starch is liquified either by heat treatment or using α-amylase. Then cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is added for enzymatic...
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the synthesis of the enzyme α-amylase in the aleurone cells. In the model for gibberellin-induced production of α-amylase, it is demonstrated that gibberellins...
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insulin and GLP-1 inversely with glucagon, noncompetitive inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase, free radical scavenging, and recovery of damaged/necro-apoptosized...
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meal is known as "sweet meal". Malting grain develops the enzymes (α-amylase, β-amylase) required for modifying the grains' starches into various types of...
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Minami Y, Takamatsu K, Matsuoka T (April 2006). "Inhibition of α-glucosidase and α-amylase by flavonoids". J. Nutr. Sci. Vitaminol. 52 (2): 149–53. doi:10...
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is mainly produced by first adding the enzyme α-amylase to a mixture of corn starch and water. α-amylase is secreted by various species of the bacterium...
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has three α-amylase genes, which allows it to break down starch relatively quickly into glucose. In contrast, A. sojae has only one α-amylase gene under...
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bond. They are bacterial enzymes belonging to the same family of the α-amylase specifically known as glycosyl-hydrolase family 13. This peculiar enzyme...
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Pentagalloylglucose can precipitate proteins, including human salivary α-amylase. Pentagalloylglucose can be found in Punica granatum (pomegranate), Elaeocarpus...
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40–50% maltose, though some have as high as 70%. By using β-amylase or fungal α-amylase, glucose syrups containing over 50% maltose, or even over 70%...
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438 Da. Glycogen branching enzyme belongs to the α-amylase family of enzymes, which include α-amylases, pullulanas/isoamylase, cyclodextrin glucanotransferase...
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found to be extremely genotoxic when inserted into cultured cells, but α amylase proteins protect against its toxicity during everyday exposure. Catechol...
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maltose into glucose: C12H22O11 + H2O → 2C6H12O6 Maltose + Water → α-Glucose α-amylase breaks starch down into maltose and dextrin, by breaking down large...
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See also For substances with an A- or α- prefix such as α-amylase, please see the parent page (in this case Amylase). A23187 (Calcimycin, Calcium Ionophore)...
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removed or flipped to an α(1-6) linkage resist this transformation. It has been reported that the maltogenic alpha-amylase from Thermus sp. IM6501 (ThMA)...
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Maltose (redirect from 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-d-glucose)
amylose homologous series, the key structural motif of starch. When beta-amylase breaks down starch, it removes two glucose units at a time, producing maltose...
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negative. Strains of S. oralis produce neuraminidase and cannot bind α-amylase. S. oralis is also acid-sensitive, producing alkaline metabolites to ameliorate...
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glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is employed along with α-amylase. First starch is liquified either by heat treatment or using α-amylase, then CGTase is added for the enzymatic...
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though the percentage varies by species and variety. The digestive enzyme α-amylase breaks down starch molecules into maltotriose and maltose, which can be...
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