AMY2B
Sign in to saveAlso known as AMY2, AMY3, HXA, amylase, alpha 2B (pancreatic), amylase alpha 2B (pancreatic), amylase alpha 2B
Alpha-amylase 2B is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AMY2B gene.
Gene data
AMY2B- Name
- amylase alpha 2B
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- AMY2, AMY3, HXA
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. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2013].
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Gene · Ensembl
amylase alpha 2B
- Symbol
- AMY2B
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 1:103,553,815-103,579,534
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
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- HomoloGene ID
- 134663
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/280
- genomic end
- 104122156
- genomic start
- 104096437
- cytogenetic location
- 1p21.1
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Alpha-amylase 2B is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AMY2B gene.
== Function ==