CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosidases
Functional Family Beta-amylase

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.2
Beta-amylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P10538
Hydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in polysaccharides so as to remove successive maltose units from the non-reducing ends of the chains.
-!- Acts on starch, glycogen and related polysaccharides and oligosaccharides producing beta-maltose by an inversion.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P10538
AMYB_SOYBN
Glycine max
Beta-amylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1BFN
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of recombinant soybean beta-amylase complexed with beta-cyclodextrin.
Adachi, M., Mikami, B., Katsube, T., Utsumi, S.
J.Biol.Chem.
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