alpha-Amylase from Bacillus licheniformis, liquid

Application

?-Amylase from Bacillus sp. has been used in the digestion of lyophilized microalgae sample. It has also been used to evaluate ?-amylase inhibitory activity in marine algae samples and Myrmecodia platytyrea.

Biochem/physiol Actions

?-Amylase hydrolyzes the polysaccharides starch, malto-oligosaccharides at the ?-d-(1,4)-glucosidic linkages to ?-anomeric products. It has wide applications in industries including food, pharmaceutical, textile and paper.

General description

?-Amylase belongs to glycosyl hydrolase family 13. It comprises of A, B and C domains. Domain A has two aspartic acid and a glutamic acid as catalytic residues. Domain B possesses Ca2+ and Na+ binding sites.

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A product of Novozyme Corp.

Termamyl is a registered trademark of Novozymes Corp.

Unit Definition

One unit will liberate 1.0 mg of maltose from starch in 3 minutes at pH 6.9 at 20 deg C.

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