GO term: alpha-glucosidase activity Help



Ontology: Molecular Function (GO:0004558)

Definition: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing alpha-(1->4)-linked alpha-D-glucose residues with release of alpha-D-glucose.

Synonyms: lysosomal alpha-glucosidase activity; acid maltase activity; alpha-glucosidase II; glucoinvertase activity; glucosidosucrase activity; maltase-glucoamylase activity; alpha-1,4-glucosidase activity; alpha-D-glucosidase activity; alpha-D-glucoside glucohydrolase activity; alpha-glucopyranosidase activity; glucosidoinvertase activity; alpha-glucoside hydrolase activity

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Annotation Summary


This table lists the methods used to annotate genes either directly to the term alpha-glucosidase activity (6 genes) or to its variants containing one or more qualifiers (1 gene). Note that some genes may have been annotated by more than one method so the numbers in the table below may not add up to the totals given here.

Annotation Method GO Term # Yeast Genes Annotated
Manually curated (download data) alpha-glucosidase activity 5
contributes_to: alpha-glucosidase activity 1
High-throughput none none
Computational (download data) alpha-glucosidase activity 2

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Annotation details for genes that have been directly annotated to the term alpha-glucosidase activity or its variants containing one or more qualifiers (NOT, contributes to, or colocalizes with).

alpha-glucosidase activity
     6 genes directly annotated to this term
Locus Evidence Annotation Method Reference Assigned By
MAL12/YGR292W IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with IUBMB:3.2.1.20
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational GOA curators and MGI curators  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation based on Enzyme Commission mapping. UniProtKB
MAL22 ISS: Inferred from Sequence or structural Similarity
Assigned on 2002-05-31
manually curated Chow TH, et al.  (1989) Structure of the multigene family of MAL loci in Saccharomyces. Mol Gen Genet 217(1):60-9 SGD
MAL32/YBR299W ISS: Inferred from Sequence or structural Similarity
Assigned on 2002-05-31
manually curated Chow TH, et al.  (1989) Structure of the multigene family of MAL loci in Saccharomyces. Mol Gen Genet 217(1):60-9 SGD
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
with IUBMB:3.2.1.20
Last Updated 2013-03-02
computational GOA curators and MGI curators  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation based on Enzyme Commission mapping. UniProtKB
MAL42 ISS: Inferred from Sequence or structural Similarity
Assigned on 2002-05-31
manually curated Chow TH, et al.  (1989) Structure of the multigene family of MAL loci in Saccharomyces. Mol Gen Genet 217(1):60-9 SGD
MAL62 IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2003-03-17
manually curated McCarter JD and Withers SG  (1996) Unequivocal identification of Asp-214 as the catalytic nucleophile of Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-glucosidase using 5-fluoro glycosyl fluorides. J Biol Chem 271(12):6889-94 SGD
ROT2/YBR229C IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
Assigned on 2006-01-19
manually curated Simons JF, et al.  (1998) Cell wall 1,6-beta-glucan synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on ER glucosidases I and II, and the molecular chaperone BiP/Kar2p. EMBO J 17(2):396-405 SGD

contributes_to: alpha-glucosidase activity
     1 gene directly annotated to this term
Locus Evidence Annotation Method Reference Assigned By
GTB1/YDR221W IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
Assigned on 2006-01-19
manually curated Wilkinson BM, et al.  (2006) Yeast GTB1 encodes a subunit of glucosidase II required for glycoprotein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 281(10):6325-33 SGD
IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
Assigned on 2010-08-10
manually curated Quinn RP, et al.  (2009) A novel role for Gtb1p in glucose trimming of N-linked glycans. Glycobiology 19(12):1408-16 SGD