Isoamylase

Isoamylase (EC 3.2.1.68, debranching enzyme, glycogen alpha-1,6-glucanohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins
Isoamylase
Identifiers
EC number3.2.1.68
CAS number9067-73-6
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme also readily hydrolyses amylopectin.

See also

References

  1. Yokobayashi K, Misaki A, Harada T (September 1970). "Purification and properties of Pseudomonas isoamylase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 212 (3): 458–69. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(70)90252-4. PMID 5456995.
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