IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.2.1.54

Accepted name: cyclomaltodextrinase

Reaction: cyclomaltodextrin + H₂O = linear maltodextrin

Other name(s): cycloheptaglucanase; cyclohexaglucanase; cyclodextrinase; cyclomaltodextrin dextrin-hydrolase (decyclizing)

Systematic name: cyclomaltodextrin dextrin-hydrolase (ring-opening)

Comments: Also hydrolyses linear maltodextrin.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37288-41-8

References:

1. DePinto, J.A. and Campbell, L.L. Purification and properties of the cyclodextrinase of Bacillus macerans. Biochemistry 7 (1968) 121-125. [PMID: 4922856]

[EC 3.2.1.54 created 1972 (EC 3.2.1.12 and EC 3.2.1.13 both created 1961 and incorporated 1976)]

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