ABSTRACT
Numerous amino acid sequences of -amylases are known, primarily deduced from DNA sequencing. A total of 70 entries are listed in Swiss-Prot: Aeromonas hydrophila, Alteromonas haloplanktis, Dictyoglomus thermophilum, Escherichia coli, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, B. megaterium, Bacillus sp. (strain B1018), B. circulans, B. stearothermophilus, B. licheniformis, B. subtilis, Paenibacillus polymyxa (Bacillus polymyxa), Butryrivibrio fibrisolvens, Methanococcus jannaschii, Streptomyces lividans, S. violaceus (Streptomyces venezuelae), S. griseus, S. limosus (Streptomyces albidoflavus), S. hygroscopicus, S. thermoviolaceus, Clostridium acetobutylicum, Thermoanaerobacter thermosulfurogenes (Clostridium thermosulfurogenes), T. ethanolicus (Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum), T. thermohydrosulfuricus (Clostrium thermohydrosulfuricum), T. saccharolyticum, Thermomonospora curvata, Pyrococcus furiosus, P. horikoshii, Salmonella typhimurium, Aspergillus niger, A awamori, A. oryzae, A. shirousami, Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast), Sacch-
aromycopsis fibuligera (yeast), Debaryomyces occidentalis (yeast) (Schwanniomyces occidentalis), Oryza sativa (rice), Triticum aestivum (wheat), Hordeum vulgare (barley), Vigna mungo (rice bean) (black gram), Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), D. mauritiana, D. yakuba, Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito), Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (house-dust mite), Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle), Pecten maximum (king scallop) (pilgrim’s clam), Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm), Sus scrofa (pig), Homo sapiens (human), Rattus norvegicus (rat), and Mus musculus (mouse).
