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- * Beta-amylase active sites *
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- Beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) [1,2] is an enzyme that hydrolyzes 1,4-alpha-
- glucosidic linkages in starch-type polysaccharide substrates so as to remove
- successive maltose units from the non-reducing ends of the chains. Beta-
- amylase is present in certain bacteria as well as in plants.
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- Three highly conserved sequence regions are found in all known beta-amylases.
- The first of these regions is located in the N-terminal section of the enzymes
- and contains an aspartate which is known [3] to be involved in the catalytic
- mechanism. The second, located in a more central location, is centered around
- a glutamate which is also involved [4] in the catalytic mechanism. We use
- both regions as signature patterns.
-
- -Consensus pattern: H-x-C-G-G-N-V-G-D
- [D is an active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Consensus pattern: G-x-[SA]-G-E-[LIVM]-R-Y-P-S-Y
- [E is an active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Note: these proteins belong to family 14 in the classification of glycosyl
- hydrolases [5].
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- -Last update: June 1994 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Mikami B., Morita Y., Fukazawa C.
- Seikagaku 60:211-216(1988).
- [ 2] Friedberg F., Rhodes C.
- Protein Seq. Data Anal. 1:499-501(1988).
- [ 3] Nitta Y., Isoda Y., Toda H., Sakiyama F.
- J. Biochem. 105:573-576(1989).
- [ 4] Totsuka A., Nong V.H., Kadokawa H., Kim C.-S., Itoh Y., Fukazawa C.
- Eur. J. Biochem. 221:649-654(1994).
- [ 5] Henrissat B.
- Biochem. J. 280:309-316(1991).
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