Glycogen debranching enzyme N terminal. This domain family is found in bacteria and archaea, and is typically between 218 and 229 amino acids in length. The family is found in association with pfam06202. Glycogen debranching enzyme catalyzes the debranching of amylopectin in glycogen. This is done by transferring three glucose subunits of glycogen from one parallel chain to another. This has the effect of enabling the glucose residues to become more accessible for glycolysis.
Amylo-alpha-1,6-glucosidase. This family includes human glycogen branching enzyme AGL. This enzyme contains a number of distinct catalytic activities. It has been shown for the yeast homolog GDB1 that mutations in this region disrupt the enzymes Amylo-alpha-1,6-glucosidase (EC:3.2.1.33).