AMY1C

AMY1C

AMY1C

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

The human AMY1C gene encodes the protein Amylase, alpha 1C (salivary). [3]

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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 the salivary gland or pancreas. This gene encodes an amylase isoenzyme produced by the salivary gland.[4] See also Amylase § Evolution.

References

  1. [1]
    GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000187733 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. [2]
    "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. [3]
    "Entrez Gene: Amylase, alpha 1C (salivary)". Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  4. [4]
    [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. ##RefSeq-Attributes-START## Transcript_exon_combination_evidence :: AK313275.1 [ECO:0000332] ##RefSeq-Attributes-END##
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P04745 (Human Alpha-amylase 1) at the PDBe-KB.

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