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amylase

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Summary

amylase is a group or class of enzymes[1]. amylase ranks in the top 0.31% of group or class of enzymes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,729 views/month, #5 of 1,600).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Anselme Payen[3]
  • Subclass of: glycoside hydrolase superfamily[4], digestive enzyme[5], hydrolase, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds[6]
  • Has use: fermentation[7]
  • Commons category: Amylases[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1833[9], 1814[10]
  • EC enzyme number: 3.2.1.-[11]
  • Molecular function: amylase activity[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Amylases[13]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15]
  • Different from: serum amylase level[16]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/amylase[17]

Why It Matters

amylase has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] amylase is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Anselme Payen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . InterPro release 2019-Nov-12. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2Kks1K
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Amylases
    Molecular function → amylase activity
    Has use → fermentation
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294733805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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