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Glycogen branching enzyme (GBE1; 4:6 transferase)

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Clinical / pharmacological. Andersen disease (GSD IV): polyglucosan, cirrhosis

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Glycogenesis (Glycogen Synthesis) Carbohydrate Metabolism · Cytosol (glycogen particle)

step 6 Irreversible/directional

An alpha(1→4)-linked chain segment → alpha(1→6)-branched glycogen

Converts An alpha(1→4)-linked chain segment into Alpha(1→6)-branched glycogen

› Notes

The glycogen branching enzyme (amylo-alpha(1,4)→alpha(1,6)-transglycosylase; 4:6 transferase) transfers a terminal block of roughly 6–7 residues from a sufficiently long chain to the C6 hydroxyl of an internal glucose residue. It creates an alpha(1→6) branch at least several residues away from another branch, increasing solubility and the number of nonreducing ends for future synthesis and degradation.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

1 entries

Glycogenesis (Glycogen Synthesis)

Listed there as: Glycogen branching enzyme

Accelerated by

Adequate elongated alpha(1→4) chains

Inhibited by

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Hormonal control

No dominant acute hormonal regulation; expression influences branching architecture

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