14-α-glucan branching enzyme

14-α-glucan branching enzyme
1,4-α-glu·can branch·ing en·zyme (glooґkan branchґing enґzīm) [EC 2.4.1.18] an enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the cleavage of internal α-1,4-glucoside linkages in glycogen (or, in plants, amylopectin) and transfer of the fragments into α-1,6 linkages, thus creating branches in the glycogen molecule. Deficiency of the enzyme, an autosomal recessive trait, results in glycogen storage disease, type IV. Called also brancher or branching enzyme.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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