This enzyme, which is also called a "Q enzyme", makes new branches in glycogen or amylopectin molecules by moving a 1,4-D-glucan chain on the molecule to a primary hydroxyl group (an -OH group) on the same molecule.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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