Glycoside hydrolases anomeric specificity

Maltosylamine has proved to be an effective specific inhibitor of sweet potato /3-amylase.This result extends the observation that 1-aminoglycosides are specific inhibitors of glycoside hydrolases, and also demonstrates that enzymes acting with inversion, as well as those acting with retention, of anomeric configuration can be inhibited by glycosylamines. /3-Maltosylamine, which acted as a reversible inhibitor, appeared to be directed to the active-site... 

The mechanisms of action of some glycoside hydrolases have been discussed, and a review of the anomeric specificity of glycolytic enzymes outlines the techniques used and the implications of the enzyme s specificity in metabolic regulation. ... 

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