AMY1A

Amylase, alpha 1A (salivary)

PDB rendering based on 1b2y.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsAMY1A ; AMY1
External IDsOMIM: 104700 MGI: 88020 HomoloGene: 133998 ChEMBL: 2478 GeneCards: AMY1A Gene
EC number3.2.1.1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez27611722
EnsemblENSG00000174876ENSMUSG00000074264
UniProtP04745P00687
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001008221NM_001110505
RefSeq (protein)NP_001008222NP_001103975
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
104.2 – 104.21 Mb
Chr 3:
113.56 – 113.61 Mb
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Alpha-amylase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AMY1A gene.[1] This gene is found in many organisms, see Alpha-Amylase.

Amylases are secreted proteins that hydrolyze 1,4-alpha-glucoside bonds in oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, and thus catalyze the first step in digestion of dietary starch and glycogen. The human genome has a cluster of several amylase genes that are expressed at high levels in either salivary gland or pancreas. This gene encodes an amylase isoenzyme produced by the salivary gland. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.[1]

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