Glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE), together with glycogen phosphorylase (GP), is responsible for the complete degradation of glycogen. GDE has distinct catalytic sites for 4-α-glucanotransferase and amylo-α-1,6-glucosidase. For the GDE sensitive assay, we previously developed the GP limit fluorogenic branched dextrin Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4(Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-6)Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4GlcPA (B4/84, where Glc = D-glucose and GlcPA = 1-deoxy-1-[(2-pyridyl)amino]-D-glucitol). However, B4/84 is not widely available because of difficulties in its chemical synthesis and positional-isomer separation (0.33% yield by α-1,6-coupling of maltotetraose with Glc7-GlcPA). In this study, we attempted to develop an efficient method for the preparation of Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4(Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-6)Glcα1-4Glcα1-4GlcPA (B3/74), which was designed to have the minimum essential dextrin structure for GDE. First, Glcα1-6Glcα1-4Glcα1-4GlcPA (B3/31) was prepared from commercially available Glcα1-6Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glc. Using α-cyclodextrin as a donor substrate, cyclodextrin glucanotransferase elongated both the main and side branches on B3/31, while all the glycosidic bonds in B3/31 were left intact. After exhaustive digestion with GP, B3/74 was obtained from B3/31 with 16% yield, a value that is 48-fold greater than that previously reported for B4/84. GDE 4-α-glucanotransferase exhibited high activity toward both B3/74 and B4/84. In addition, we studied the efficient conversion of B3/74 into Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4Glcα1-4(Glcα1-6)Glcα1-4Glcα1-4GlcPA (B3/71), which has the best dextrin structure for the GDE amylo-α-1,6-glucosidase.