Medical Definition of Beta-amylase

1. An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-glycosidic linkages in starch, glycogen, and related polysaccharides and oligosaccharides so as to remove successive beta-maltose units from the non-reducing ends of the chains. Chemical name: 1,4-alpha-D-Glucan maltohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.2 (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beta-amylase

beta-adrenergic receptor kinase
beta-adrenergic receptors
beta-adrenoceptor
beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist
beta-alanine
beta-alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase
beta-alanyl-arginine hydrolase
beta-allocortol
beta-allocortolone
beta-allopregnanediol
beta-amino acid
beta-amino acids
beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase
beta-aminoisobutyric acid
beta-aminoisobutyric acid oxidase
beta-amylase (current term)
beta-amyloid
beta-aspartyl(acetylglucosamine)
beta-aspartyldipeptidase
beta-beam
beta-blocker
beta-carboline-2-N-methyltransferase
beta-carotene
beta-carotene cleavage enzyme
beta-carotene hydroxylase
beta-cell src-homology tyrosine kinase
beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine
beta-corticotropin
beta-cortol
beta-cortolone

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