dextranase

{{Infobox enzyme

| Name = Dextranase

| EC_number = 3.2.1.11

| CAS_number = 9025-70-1

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Dextranase ({{EnzExplorer|3.2.1.11}}, dextran hydrolase, endodextranase, dextranase DL 2, DL 2, endo-dextranase, α-D-1,6-glucan-6-glucanohydrolase, 1,6-α-D-glucan 6-glucanohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name 6-α-D-glucan 6-glucanohydrolase.{{cite journal | title = A bacterial dextranase |author1 = Bailey, R.W. |author2 =Clarke, R.T.J. |journal = Biochem. J. |year = 1959 |volume = 72 |pages = 49–54 |pmid = 13651134 | issue = 1 |doi = 10.1042/bj0720049 | pmc = 1196879}}{{cite book |author1 = Deuel, H. |author2 =Stutz, E. |title = Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology |chapter = Pectic Substances and Pectic Enzymes |journal = Adv. Enzymol. Relat. Areas Mol. Biol. |series = Advances in Enzymology - and Related Areas of Molecular Biology |date = 1959 |volume = 20 |pages = 341–382 |doi = 10.1002/9780470122655.ch11 |pmid = 13605988|isbn = 9780470122655 }}{{cite book | chapter = Cleavage of O- and S-glycosidic bonds (survey) | title = The Enzymes |vauthors = Fischer EH, Stein EA |year = 1960 |volume = 4 |pages = 301–312 |editor1 = Boyer, P.D. |editor2 =Lardy, H. |editor3 =Myrbäck, K. |edition = 2nd |publisher = Academic Press |location = New York }}{{cite journal | title = [The hydrolysis of 1:6 bonds of dextran by animal tissues.] |author1 = Rozenfel'd, E.L. |author2 =Lukomskaya, I.S. |journal = Biokhimiya |year = 1956 |volume = 21 |pages = 412–415 |pmid = 13363992 | issue = 3}} It catalyses the following chemical reaction

: Endohydrolysis of (1→6)-α-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran