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Alpha-amylase
This enzyme in your spit chops starch into sugar. That is why bread starts to taste sweet if you chew it for a while.
Fun fact
Amylase is the most common protein in your spit. It makes up about half of all the protein in it.
Words to know
- enzyme
- starch
- digestion
NGSS alignment
MS-LS1-7Food, energy, and growthMS-LS1-3Body as a system
Structure
Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P0DUB6. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P0DUB6.
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