... chimera, a 27amino acid fragment of Mun/Bst including consensusFig. 1. Comparison of amino a cid sequencesbetween maltase and is oma ltase. Identical and similar amino acid resi dues are designated ... 574–2578.35. Nakao, M., N akayama, T., Kakudo, A. , Inohara, M., Harada,M., O mura, F. & Shibano, Y. (1994) Struc ture and expression of a gene coding for t hermostable a- glucosidase with a broad substratespecificity ... structuralfamilies [1,2]. Family 13 (a- amylase family) includesenzymes such as a- amylase, a- glucosidase, pullulanase,cyclodextrin glucanotransferase, and 1,4 -a- D-glucanbranching enzyme, specifically...