amylase

We produce amylase in our saliva which breaks down cooked starches when it hits our tongues.

Humans have multiple copies of these genes, and more copies means more amylase is produced.

I mean they're saying that it's so close to alpha-amylase that's present in our mouth and pancreas.

Salivary amylase is ptyalin, coded by the AMY1 gene.

Glycogen is different from these though, as it has different linkages, and can't be broken down by amylase.

Similarly, scientists have observed increases in the number of copies of the gene for amylase, which digests starch.

I'm curious though -If you are low in the amylase enzyme then I would actually expect carbohydrates to NOT cause weight gain.

Was curious about this, so I looked it up. Sounds like it's usually bacillus protease and amylase, to digest protein and starch, respectively.

Both the salivary glands and pancreas produce amylase, but in different isoforms.

Alpha-amylase inhibitors, which are also found in grains, are another.

Starch is liquefied by a thermostable α-amylase and is debranched by isoamylase.

As another commenter mentioned, Dawn dishwashing liquid, used by the author of the article, also includes protease and amylase.

There are always exceptions though, like genetic outliers, people who produce high amounts of salivary amylase, and high level athletes who burn through all that sugar.

Are you referring to the salivary amylase mechanism?

This likely has a genetic component, what I would consider the opposite of the multiple copies of the amylase gene that highly carb-tolerant people seem to have.

SO I really enjoyed this: "Unlike Neanderthals and Denisovans, who had only two diploid copies, we carry up to 20 copies of the AMY1 gene, which produces salivary amylase.

I got multiple other episodes of similar severe abdominal/back pain the past year but my amylase/lipase weren't elevated sky-high as they were during the two hospital stays.

Neanderthals and Denisovans were not the same species as us.> "Unlike Neanderthals and Denisovans, who had only two diploid copies, [homo sapiens] carry up to 20 copies of the AMY1 gene, which produces salivary amylase.

Some humans have no amylase activity in saliva just by genetical lottery for exampleLets suppose hypothetically than saliva would inactivate this virus in humans.