| Substance Information | |
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| Synonyms of Substance Name | branching enzyme; amylo-(1,4→1,6)-transglycosylase; Q-enzyme; α-glucan-branching glycosyltransferase; amylose isomerase; enzymatic branching factor; branching glycosyltransferase; enzyme Q; glucosan transglycosylase; glycogen branching enzyme; plant branching enzyme; α-1,4-glucan:α-1,4-glucan-6-glycosyltransferase; starch branching enzyme; 1,4-α-D-glucan:1,4-α-D-glucan 6-α-D-(1,4-α-D-glucano)-transferase; (1→4)-α-D-glucan:(1→4)-α-D-glucan 6-α-D-[(1→4)-α-D-glucano-transferase |
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| IUBMB Number | 2.4.1.18 |
| Technological Function [Category (for enzyme preparations only)] | Food enzymes (including immobilized enzymes) |
| Description | |
| Functional Use | Transfers a segment of a (1→4)-α-D-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain |
| Production Organism(for food enzymes) | Bacillus subtilis |
| Donor Organism(for food enzymes) | Rhodothermus sp. |
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| Food Category | |
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| Adoption by CCFA/CCFAC | CCFA 43 (AMFEP)JECFA 71 |
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| Note | |
| JECFA Evaluation See JECFA | |
| JECFA Evaluation | http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_956_eng.pdf |
| Comments | |
| JECFA Specifications | http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-additives/specs/monograph7/additive-512-m7.pdf |
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1,4-α-Glucan branching enzyme
Functional Use： Transfers a segment of a (1→4)-α-D-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain Production Organism： Geobacillus stearothermophilus |
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