UniProt functional annotation for P07762

UniProt code: P07762.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Catalyzes the formation of the alpha-1,6-glucosidic linkages in glycogen by scission of a 1,4-alpha-linked oligosaccharide from growing alpha-1,4-glucan chains and the subsequent attachment of the oligosaccharide to the alpha-1,6 position. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Transfers a segment of a (1->4)-alpha-D-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain.; EC=2.4.1.18;
Pathway: Glycan biosynthesis; glycogen biosynthesis.
Subunit: Monomer.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 13 family. GlgB subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.