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Literature summary for 3.2.1.2 extracted from

  • Chapman, G.W.; Pallas, J.E.; Mendicino, J.
    The hydrolysis of maltodextrins by a beta-amylase isolated from leaves of Vicia faba (1972), Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 276, 491-507.
    View publication on PubMed

General Stability

General Stability Organism
repeated freezing and thawing results in a large loss of activity Vicia faba

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
additional information
-
additional information the Km-value for linear maltodextrins decreases with chain-lengths up to about 50 glucose units and with longer chain lengths it remains constant at about 0.14 mM Vicia faba
0.13 0.17 amylodextrin chain lengths geater than 50 Vicia faba
0.16
-
maltodextrin with 50 glucose equivalents per chain Vicia faba
0.17
-
maltodextrin with 98 glucose equivalents per chain Vicia faba
0.36
-
maltodextrin with 31 glucose equivalents per chain Vicia faba
0.67
-
maltodextrin with 16 glucose equivalents per chain Vicia faba
1.3
-
maltodextrin with 9 glucose equivalents per chain Vicia faba

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
26000
-
4 * 26000, SDS-PAGE Vicia faba
110000
-
gel filtration, sucrose density gradient centrifugation, ultracentrifugation Vicia faba

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Vicia faba
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Vicia faba

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
leaf
-
Vicia faba
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
100
-
-
Vicia faba

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
3°C, in presence of 0.05 M beta-mercaptoethanol, 50% loss of activity after 1 week Vicia faba

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
amylodextrin + H2O
-
Vicia faba ?
-
?
maltodextrin + H2O maltodextrins with chain length from 9 to 198 glucose residues Vicia faba maltose and very small amounts of glucose and maltotriose ?
starch + H2O soluble Vicia faba maltose + ?
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
tetramer 4 * 26000, SDS-PAGE Vicia faba

Turnover Number [1/s]

Turnover Number Minimum [1/s] Turnover Number Maximum [1/s] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
additional information
-
additional information
-
Vicia faba

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
6
-
-
Vicia faba

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
3 9 pH 3.0: about 70% of maximal activity, pH 9.0: about 15% of maximal activity Vicia faba