CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosidases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.1
Alpha-amylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P56634
Endohydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in polysaccharides containing three or more (1->4)-alpha-linked D-glucose units.
-!- Acts on starch, glycogen and related polysaccharides and oligosaccharides in a random manner; reducing groups are liberated in the alpha-configuration. -!- The term 'alpha' relates to the initial anomeric configuration of the free sugar group released and not to the configuration of the linkage hydrolyzed.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P56634
AMY_TENMO
Tenebrio molitor
Alpha-amylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1CLV
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Specific inhibition of insect alpha-amylases: yellow meal worm alpha-amylase in complex with the amaranth alpha-amylase inhibitor at 2.0 A resolution.
Pereira, P.J., Lozanov, V., Patthy, A., Huber, R., Bode, W., Pongor, S., Strobl, S.
Structure Fold.Des.