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 P10537
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)

P10537
AMYB_IPOBA
Ipomoea batatas
Beta-amylase

PDB Structure

PDB 5WQU
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural insights on starch hydrolysis by plant beta-amylase and its evolutionary relationship with bacterial enzymes
Vajravijayan, S., Pletnev, S., Mani, N., Pletneva, N., Nandhagopal, N., Gunasekaran, K.
Int. J. Biol. Macromol.