EC number 3.2.1.68 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view | CAS number 9067-73-6 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry | |
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Isoamylase (EC 3.2.1.68, debranching enzyme, glycogen alpha-1,6-glucanohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins
This enzyme also readily hydrolyses amylopectin.
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