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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 starch and glycogen, yielding shorter chains thereof, dextrins, and maltose, through the following biochemical process:
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Α-Amylase | BRENDA | enzyme data | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | CAS no. | 9000-90-2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | EC no. | 3.2.1.1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | ExPASy | NiceZyme view | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | KEGG | enzyme entry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | NCBI | proteins | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | PMC | articles | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | PubMed | articles | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | Rhea | reactions | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | Search | SearchPMCarticlesPubMedarticlesNCBIproteins | 1.00 | infobox |
| Α-Amylase | is a | enzyme | 0.90 | text |
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