CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Immunoglobulins
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.2
Beta-amylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P36924
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)

P36924
AMYB_BACCE
Bacillus cereus
Beta-amylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1J11
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal Structures of beta-Amylase from Bacillus cereus var. mycoides in Complexes with Substrate Analogs and Affinity-Labeling Reagents
Oyama, T., Miyake, H., Kusunoki, M., Nitta, Y.
J.BIOCHEM.(TOKYO)