Limit dextrinase

Limit dextrinase
Identifiers
EC number 3.2.1.142
Databases
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MetaCyc metabolic pathway
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Limit dextrinase (EC 3.2.1.142, R-enzyme, amylopectin-1,6-glucosidase, dextrin alpha-1,6-glucanohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name dextrin 6-alpha-glucanohydrolase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the Hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in alpha- and beta-limits dextrins of amylopectin and glycogen,in amylopectin and pullulan.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, R.W., Manners, D.J. and Stark, J.R. (1975). "The limit dextrinase of the broad bean (Vicia faba)". Carbohydr. Res. 42: 125–134. doi:10.1016/s0008-6215(00)84105-1.
  2. ↑ Manners, D.J. (1997). "Observations on the specificity and nomenclature of starch debranching enzymes". J. Appl. Glycosci. 44: 83–85.

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