amylase-2B (alpha-amylase carcinoid, pancreatic amylase-B, 1,4-alpha-D-glucan glucanohydrolase 2B, carcinoid alpha-amylase, AMY2B)

Function

• endohydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in oligosaccharides & polysaccharides

Cofactor:

• binds 1 Ca+2 per subunit (putative)
• binds 1 chloride ion per subunit (putative)

Structure

• monomer (putative)
• belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 13 family

Compartment

secreted (putative)

More general terms

• amylase-2 or pancreatic amylase

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P19961.html
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/104660
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=280