AmiGO 2: Term Details for "alpha-amylase activity" (GO:0004556)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0004556
Name: alpha-amylase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: 1,4-alpha-D-glucan glucanohydrolase activity, alpha amylase activity, endoamylase activity, taka-amylase A, alpha-amylase activity (releasing maltohexaose), glycogenase activity
Alternate IDs: GO:0103025
Definition: Catalysis of the endohydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in polysaccharides containing three or more alpha-(1->4)-linked D-glucose units. Source: PMID:12527308
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0004556 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to alpha-amylase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to alpha-amylase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for alpha-amylase activity (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0016787 hydrolase activity
GO:0016798 hydrolase activity, acting on glycosyl bonds
GO:0004553 hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds
GO:0016160 amylase activity
GO:0004556 alpha-amylase activity

Parents of alpha-amylase activity (GO:0004556)

subject	relation	object
alpha-amylase activity	is_a	amylase activity (GO:0016160)

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EC: 3.2.1.1
MetaCyc: ALPHA-AMYL-RXN; RXN-1823; RXN-1825; RXN0-5181
Reactome: R-HSA-191114; R-HSA-188979