Beta amylase
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- Beta-amylase is a 1,4-alpha-D-glucan maltohydrolase (I.
- Since beta-amylase is a pretty large protein (206,000), gel filtration chromatography would be a useful purification step.
- Sweet potato beta-amylase is a tetramer of identical subunits, which are arranged to exhibit 222 molecular symmetry.
- The optimal range for beta-amylase is 126 to 144 F.
- Thus beta-amylase is systematically name '1-4-alpha-D-glucan maltohydrolase, while alpha-amylase is '1-4-alpha-D-glucan glucanohydrolase'.
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