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Science 20 November 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3647, pp. 1064 - 1066
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3647.1064
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Formation and Degradation of Cyclic Dextrins by Intracellular Enzymes of Bacillus macerans

John A. DePinto 1 and L. Leon Campbell 1

1 Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana

The enzymes of Bacillus macerans that participate in the formation and degradation of Schardinger dextrins were shown to be intracellular. Bacillus macerans amylase converts starch into cyclic dextrins. A newly discovered enzyme, cyclodextrinase, catalyzes the degradation of cyclic dextrins.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)