- Dextrin dextranase
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dextrin dextranase Identifiers EC number 2.4.1.2 CAS number 9032-13-7 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles In enzymology, a dextrin dextranase (EC 2.4.1.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)n + (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)m (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)n-1 + (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)m+1
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)n and (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)m, whereas its two products are (1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl)n-1 and (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)m+1.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 1,4-alpha-D-glucan:1,6-alpha-D-glucan 6-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase. Other names in common use include dextrin 6-glucosyltransferase, and dextran dextrinase.
References
- Hehre EJ (1951). "Enzymic synthesis of polysaccharides: a biological type of polymerization". Adv. Enzymol. Relat. Subj. Biochem. 11: 297–337. doi:10.1002/9780470122563.ch6.
- Hehre EJ and Hamilton DM (1949). "Bacterial conversion of dextrin into a polysaccharide with the serological properties of dextran". Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 71: 336–339.
- Hehre EJ and Hamilton DM (1953). "The biological synthesis of dextran from dextrins". J. Biol. Chem. 192: 161–174.
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