AMY2B

AMY2B
Identifiers
Aliases AMY2B, AMY2, AMY3, HXA, amylase, alpha 2B (pancreatic)
External IDs MGI: 3714985 HomoloGene: 134663 GeneCards: AMY2B
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

280

100043686

Ensembl

ENSG00000240038

ENSMUSG00000093931

UniProt

P19961

P00688

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020978

NM_001160151

RefSeq (protein)

NP_066188.1

NP_001036176.1
NP_001153622.1
NP_001153623.1
NP_001153624.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 103.55 – 103.58 Mb Chr 3: 113.31 – 113.32 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Alpha-amylase 2B is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AMY2B gene.[3][4]

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 salivary gland or pancreas. This gene encodes an amylase isoenzyme produced by the pancreas.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Omichi K, Hase S (Jan 1994). "Identification of the characteristic amino-acid sequence for human alpha-amylase encoded by the AMY2B gene". Biochim Biophys Acta. 1203 (2): 224–9. doi:10.1016/0167-4838(93)90087-8. PMID 8268204.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: AMY2B amylase, alpha 2B (pancreatic)".

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