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 1Q6G
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structural and Enzymatic Analysis of Soybean {beta}-Amylase Mutants with Increased pH Optimum
Hirata, A., Adachi, M., Sekine, A., Kang, Y.N., Utsumi, S., Mikami, B.
J.Biol.Chem.