"alpha-Amylases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes that catalyze the endohydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-glycosidic linkages in STARCH; GLYCOGEN; and related POLYSACCHARIDES and OLIGOSACCHARIDES containing 3 or more 1,4-alpha-linked D-glucose units.
| Descriptor ID |
D000516
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.066.050
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Amylases- alpha-Amylases
- alpha Amylases
- alpha-1,4-D-Glucanglucanohydrolase
- alpha 1,4 D Glucanglucanohydrolase
- alpha-Amylase
- alpha Amylase
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