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Information on EC 2.4.1.394 - 4,6-alpha-glucanotransferase (linear substrates/linear products)

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IUBMB Comments

The enzyme, originally discovered in lactic acid bacteria but later found in other organisms, is similar to EC 2.4.1.395, reuteransucrase, yet is not able to act on sucrose. The enzyme, which belongs to the glycoside hydrolase 70 (GH70) family, possesses both hydrolase and transglycosylase activities, cleaving α(1→4) linkages from the non-reducing end of linear maltooligosaccharides and synthesizing linear α(1→6)-glucan chains. It also possesses an endo-α(1→4)-glycosidase activity. Due to its narrow binding groove, it is not able to act on branched substrates. cf. EC 2.4.1.396, 4,6-α-glucanotransferase (linear and branched substrates, branched products).

The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms
Reaction Schemes
The enzyme uses maltooligosaccharides as donor and acceptor substrates. It cleaves alpha1->4 glucosidic bonds and synthesizes 1->6 and 1->4 glucosidic linkages.
formation of a linear isomalto/malto-polysaccharide from linear malto-oligosaccharides

Synonyms
(1->4)-alpha-D-glucan:(1->4),(1->6)-alpha-D-glucan alpha-glucanotransferase, 4, 6-alpha-glucanotransferase, 4,6 alpha-glucanotransferase, 4,6,-alpha-GT, 4,6-alpha-glucanotransferase, 4,6-alpha-glucanotransferase GtfB, 4,6-alpha-GT, 4,6-alpha-GTase, 4,6-alphaGT, Achr_35950, more

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formation of a linear isomalto/malto-polysaccharide from linear malto-oligosaccharides
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The enzyme uses maltooligosaccharides as donor and acceptor substrates. It cleaves alpha1->4 glucosidic bonds and synthesizes 1->6 and 1->4 glucosidic linkages.
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