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'''Alpha-amylase 2B''' is an [[enzyme]] that in humans is encoded by the ''AMY2B'' [[gene]].<ref name="pmid8268204">{{cite journal | vauthors = Omichi K, Hase S | title = Identification of the characteristic amino-acid sequence for human alpha-amylase encoded by the AMY2B gene | journal = Biochimica et Biophysica Acta | volume = 1203 | issue = 2 | pages = 224–9 | date = December 1993 | pmid = 8268204 | pmc =  | doi = 10.1016/0167-4838(93)90087-8 }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: AMY2B amylase, alpha 2B (pancreatic)| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=280| access-date = }}</ref>

== Function ==

[[Amylase]]s 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.<ref name="entrez" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{UCSC gene info|AMY2B}}

== Further reading ==
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = Kaczmarek MJ, Rosenmund H | title = The action of human pancreatic and salivary isoamylases on starch and glycogen | journal = Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 69–73 | date = August 1977 | pmid = 890964 | doi = 10.1016/0009-8981(77)90462-4 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Groot PC, Mager WH, Henriquez NV, Pronk JC, Arwert F, Planta RJ, Eriksson AW, Frants RR | title = Evolution of the human alpha-amylase multigene family through unequal, homologous, and inter- and intrachromosomal crossovers | journal = Genomics | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 97–105 | date = September 1990 | pmid = 2081604 | doi = 10.1016/0888-7543(90)90230-R }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Yokouchi H, Horii A, Emi M, Tomita N, Doi S, Ogawa M, Mori T, Matsubara K | title = Cloning and characterization of a third type of human alpha-amylase gene, AMY2B | journal = Gene | volume = 90 | issue = 2 | pages = 281–6 | date = June 1990 | pmid = 2401405 | doi = 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90191-S }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Gumucio DL, Wiebauer K, Caldwell RM, Samuelson LC, Meisler MH | title = Concerted evolution of human amylase genes | journal = Molecular and Cellular Biology | volume = 8 | issue = 3 | pages = 1197–205 | date = March 1988 | pmid = 2452973 | pmc = 363264 | doi =  }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Samuelson LC, Wiebauer K, Gumucio DL, Meisler MH | title = Expression of the human amylase genes: recent origin of a salivary amylase promoter from an actin pseudogene | journal = Nucleic Acids Research | volume = 16 | issue = 17 | pages = 8261–76 | date = September 1988 | pmid = 2458567 | pmc = 338557 | doi = 10.1093/nar/16.17.8261 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Tomita N, Horii A, Doi S, Yokouchi H, Shiosaki K, Higashiyama M, Matsuura N, Ogawa M, Mori T, Matsubara K | title = A novel type of human alpha-amylase produced in lung carcinoid tumor | journal = Gene | volume = 76 | issue = 1 | pages = 11–8 | date = March 1989 | pmid = 2701942 | doi = 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90003-6 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Groot PC, Bleeker MJ, Pronk JC, Arwert F, Mager WH, Planta RJ, Eriksson AW, Frants RR | title = The human alpha-amylase multigene family consists of haplotypes with variable numbers of genes | journal = Genomics | volume = 5 | issue = 1 | pages = 29–42 | date = July 1989 | pmid = 2788608 | doi = 10.1016/0888-7543(89)90083-9 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Groot PC, Bleeker MJ, Pronk JC, Arwert F, Mager WH, Planta RJ, Eriksson AW, Frants RR | title = Human pancreatic amylase is encoded by two different genes | journal = Nucleic Acids Research | volume = 16 | issue = 10 | pages = 4724 | date = May 1988 | pmid = 3260028 | pmc = 336663 | doi = 10.1093/nar/16.10.4724 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Tricoli JV, Shows TB | title = Regional assignment of human amylase (AMY) to p22----p21 of chromosome 1 | journal = Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 205–10 | date = March 1984 | pmid = 6608795 | doi = 10.1007/BF01534909 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Nagase T, Nakayama M, Nakajima D, Kikuno R, Ohara O | title = Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XX. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro | journal = DNA Research | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 85–95 | date = April 2001 | pmid = 11347906 | doi = 10.1093/dnares/8.2.85 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Aughsteen AA | title = A comparative immunohistochemical study on amylase localization in the rat and human exocrine pancreas | journal = Saudi Medical Journal | volume = 22 | issue = 5 | pages = 410–5 | date = May 2001 | pmid = 11376382 | doi =  }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Koyama I, Komine S, Iino N, Hokari S, Igarashi S, Alpers DH, Komoda T | title = alpha-Amylase expressed in human liver is encoded by the AMY-2B gene identified in tumorous tissues | journal = Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry | volume = 309 | issue = 1 | pages = 73–83 | date = July 2001 | pmid = 11408008 | doi = 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00501-0 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Iafrate AJ, Feuk L, Rivera MN, Listewnik ML, Donahoe PK, Qi Y, Scherer SW, Lee C | title = Detection of large-scale variation in the human genome | journal = Nature Genetics | volume = 36 | issue = 9 | pages = 949–51 | date = September 2004 | pmid = 15286789 | doi = 10.1038/ng1416 }}
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