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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is the systematic name of amylase?

Back (Answer)

E.C.3.2.1.1

#2
Front (Question)

What is the chemical name of AMS?

Back (Answer)

a-1,4-glucan-4-glucanohydrolase

#3
Front (Question)

What does the amylase hydrolyze?

Back (Answer)

1,4-a-glucocidic linkage in polysaccharides.

#4
Front (Question)

The only enzyme that can be found in the urine

Back (Answer)

Amylase

#5
Front (Question)

What is the MW of amylase?

Back (Answer)

45,000

#6
Front (Question)

What is the optimum pH of Amylase?

Back (Answer)

Optimum pH: 6.9 – 7.0 in serum

#7
Front (Question)

Without this, amylase cannot perform its duty.

Back (Answer)

Calcium

#8
Front (Question)

Where is the amylase secreted in the pancreas?

Back (Answer)

Acinar cells

#9
Front (Question)

Responsible in the hydrolysis of starch from the food that we eat.

Back (Answer)

Salivary gland

#10
Front (Question)

Small amount of Amylase can be found

Back (Answer)

SEMINAL FLUID, TESTIS, OVARIES, FALLOPIAN TUBES, STRIATED MUSCLE, LUNGS AND ADIPOSE TISSUE

#11
Front (Question)

first milk produced by a lactating mother

Back (Answer)

Colostrum

#12
Front (Question)

it hydrolyses the 1,4-a-glucocidic linkage to form the following 3 products:

Back (Answer)

a. Glucose b. Maltose c. Dextrin

#13
Front (Question)

What are the reactions catalyzed by amylase?

Back (Answer)

Starch digestion Splits complex CHO made up of a-D glucose units

#14
Front (Question)

 Inhibited by monoclonal antibody  Inhibited by protein isolated from wheat  Accounts for the 2/3 of the Amylase activity in the normal serum

Back (Answer)

S-type Isoamylase

#15
Front (Question)

Fastest migrating in electrophoresis

Back (Answer)

S1 isoamylase

#16
Front (Question)

 Inhibited by monoclonal antibody  Not inhibited by protein isolated from wheat

Back (Answer)

P-type Isoamylase (Pancreas)

#17
Front (Question)

What is the most common fraction type of isoenzyme?

Back (Answer)

P2, S1 AND S2

#18
Front (Question)

What p-type isoenzyme is predominant in cases of acute pancreatitis?

Back (Answer)

P3

#19
Front (Question)

Abnormal amylase in combination with Immunoglobulins (IgA or IgG) or other high MW proteins can also bind to Stype isoenzyme

Back (Answer)

Macroamylase

#20
Front (Question)

What specific immunoglobulins do abnormal amylase combine to?

Back (Answer)

IgA OR IgG

#21
Front (Question)

Sudden inflammation of the pancreas causing abdominal pain.

Back (Answer)

Acute pancreatitis

#22
Front (Question)

Predisposal for acute pancreatitis

Back (Answer)

Alcoholism

#23
Front (Question)

Cause of ACUTE PANCREATITIS?

Back (Answer)

Gallstone formation

#24
Front (Question)

Viral infection (Paramyxoviridae) that mainly effect the parotid gland and the salivary gland

Back (Answer)

Mumps