Literature summary extracted from

Mury, F.B.; da Silva, J.R.; Ferreira, L.S.; dos Santos Ferreira, B.; de Souza-Filho, G.A.; de Souza-Neto, J.A.; Ribolla, P.E.; Silva, C.P.; do Nascimento, V.V.; Machado, O.L.; Berbert-Molina, M.A.; Dansa-Petretski, M.
Alpha-glucosidase promotes hemozoin formation in a blood-sucking bug: an evolutionary history (2009), PLoS ONE, 4, e6966.

Inhibitors

EC Number	Inhibitors	Comment	Organism	Structure
3.2.1.20	castanospermine	inhibition of enzyme activity and hemozoin formation	Rhodnius prolixus
3.2.1.20	diethyldicarbonate	inhibition of enzyme activity and hemozoin formation	Rhodnius prolixus
3.2.1.20	erythritol	inhibition of enzyme activity and hemozoin formation	Rhodnius prolixus
3.2.1.20	maltose	block of hemozoin formation	Rhodnius prolixus

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
3.2.1.20	Rhodnius prolixus	B6V6H0	-	-

Purification (Commentary)

EC Number	Purification (Comment)	Organism
3.2.1.20	ion exchange chromatography	Rhodnius prolixus

Source Tissue

EC Number	Source Tissue	Comment	Organism	Textmining

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
3.2.1.20	4-nitrophenyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside + H2O	assay at pH 5.5, 30°C	Rhodnius prolixus	4-nitrophenol + D-glucose	-	?

Synonyms

EC Number	Synonyms	Comment	Organism
3.2.1.20	alpha-glucosidase	-	Rhodnius prolixus

General Information

EC Number	General Information	Comment	Organism
3.2.1.20	physiological function	act in the nucleation step of hemozoin forming	Rhodnius prolixus

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Release 2023.1 (January 2023)