CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosidases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.1
Alpha-amylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P00691
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)

P00691
AMY_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
Alpha-amylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1UA7
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Bacillus
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase in complex with acarbose
Kagawa, M., Fujimoto, Z., Momma, M., Takase, K., Mizuno, H.
J.BACTERIOL.