Starch branching enzyme introduces 1,6-alpha glycosidic bonds between these chains, creating the branched amylopectin.

It is found in a range of enzymes that act on branched substrates i.e. isoamylase, pullulanase and branching enzyme.

A glycogen branching enzyme is an enzyme that takes part in converting glucose to glycogen.

It is a result of the absence of the glycogen branching enzyme amylo-1,4-1,6 transglucosidase, which is critical in the production of glycogen.

This connection is catalyzed by a branching enzyme, generally given the name α-glucan branching enzyme.

The branching enzyme can act upon only a branch having at least 11 residues, and the enzyme may transfer to the same glucose chain or adjacent glucose chains.

Highly branched cyclic dextrin is a dextrin produced from enzymatic breaking of the amylopectin in clusters and using branching enzyme to form large cyclic chains.

Specifically in this breed, complex rearrangements of glycogen branching enzyme (GBE1) can cause a perinatal hypoglycaemic collapse and a late-juvenile-onset neuromuscular degeneration in glycogen storage disease type IV.

A branching enzyme attaches a string of seven glucose units (with some minor variation to this number) to the carbon at the C6 position on the glucose unit, forming the α(1 6) glycosidic bond.

GBE1 is a glycogen branching enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of alpha-1,4-linked glucosyl units from the outer end of a glycogen chain to an alpha-1,6 position on the same or a neighboring glycogen chain.