amylase

class of enzymes
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amylase
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amylase

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 (468 views/month, #5 of 1,600).[2]

Key Facts

  • amylase is credited with the discovery of Anselme Payen[3].
  • amylase's image is recorded as Salivary alpha-amylase 1SMD.png[4].
  • amylase's instance of is recorded as group or class of enzymes[5].
  • amylase's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 9000-92-4[6].
  • amylase's EC number is recorded as 232-567-7[7].
  • amylase's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85004721[8].
  • amylase's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12140818q[9].
  • amylase's subclass of is recorded as glycoside hydrolase superfamily[10].
  • amylase's subclass of is recorded as digestive enzyme[11].
  • amylase's subclass of is recorded as hydrolase, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds[12].
  • amylase's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576096[13].
  • amylase's has use is recorded as fermentation[14].
  • amylase's Commons category is recorded as Amylases[15].
  • amylase's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000681[16].
  • amylase's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 31418[17].
  • amylase's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1833-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • amylase's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1814-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • amylase's EC enzyme number is recorded as 3.2.1.-[20].
  • amylase's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h1zf[21].
  • amylase's MeSH tree code is recorded as D08.811.277.450.066[22].
  • amylase's ZVG number is recorded as 123118[23].
  • amylase's ZVG number is recorded as 531370[24].
  • amylase's molecular function is recorded as amylase activity[25].
  • amylase's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amylases[26].
  • amylase's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300380044[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

amylase is credited with the discovery of Anselme Payen[3].

Why It Matters

amylase ranks in the top 0.31% of group_or_class_of_enzymes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month, #5 of 1,600).[2] amylase has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] amylase is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . InterPro release 2019-Nov-12. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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