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1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme
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Definition
: In glycogen or amylopectin synthesis, the enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a segment of a 1,4-alpha-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain. EC 2.4.1.18.
DF: GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME
Other names
Q-
Enzyme; Glycogen Branching Enzyme; Branching Enzyme; Amylopectin Branching Enzyme; Q Enzyme; Glycosyltransferase, Branching; Enzyme, Starch Branching; Enzyme, Glycogen Branching; Enzyme, Branching; Enzyme, Amylopectin Branching; Enzyme, 1,4-
alpha-
Glucan Branching; Branching Enzyme, Starch; Branching Enzyme, Glycogen; Branching Enzyme, Amylopectin; Branching Enzyme, 1,4-
alpha-
Glucan; 1,4 alpha Glucan Branching Enzyme; Starch Branching Enzyme; Branching Glycosyltransferase
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starch-
branching enzyme IIb
EC 2.4.1.18
*1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme.
Plant Mol Biol 1998 Dec;38(6):945-56
starch-
branching enzyme II
EC 2.4.1.18
*1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme.
Plant Mol Biol 1998 Jun;37(3):505-11
GLC3 protein, S cerevisiae
EC 2.4.1.18
*1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme
*Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins.
Genetics 1994 Feb;136(2):485-503