The is the first report of α-amylase gene from a herbivorous marine-culture teleost.
The cloning and characterization of α-amylase gene were identified from rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus.
The α-amylase transcript was primarily detected in hepatopancreas, anterior intestine, mid intestine and posterior intestine.
The nutritional regulation of α-amylase synthesis in rabbitfish may occur at the posttranscriptional level.