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Protein-coding gene in humans
AMY1C Available structures PDB Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1C8Q , 1JXJ , 1JXK , 1MFU , 1MFV , 1NM9 , 1Q4N , 1SMD , 1XV8 , 1Z32 , 3BLK , 3BLP , 3DHP
Identifiers Aliases AMY1C , AMY1, amylase, alpha 1C (salivary), amylase alpha 1C (salivary), amylase alpha 1CExternal IDs OMIM : 104702 ; HomoloGene : 133998 ; GeneCards : AMY1C ; OMA :AMY1C - orthologs EC number 3.2.1.1 Wikidata
The human AMY1C gene encodes the protein Amylase, alpha 1C (salivary) .
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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 the salivary gland or pancreas . This gene encodes an amylase isoenzyme produced by the salivary gland.[ 5] See also Amylase § Evolution .
Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt : P04745 (Human Alpha-amylase 1) at the PDBe-KB .