Format
ammonium sulfate suspension
Application
β -Amylase has been used in various plant studies, such as carbon starvation studies in Populus tremuloides. β-amylase from sweet potato has been used to examine the utility of the enzyme in inhibiting and removing Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. The enzyme has also been used to prepare β-limit dextrin from waxy maize starch.
Description
Beta-amylase hydrolyzes alpha -(1,4) glucan bonds in polysaccharides that have three or more alpha -(1,4) linked D-glucose units. Natural substrates such as starch and glycogen are broken down into glucose and maltose. Sweet potato β-amylase is a tetramer with identical subunits arranged in 222 molecular symmetry.