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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
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
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

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