| EC |
3.1.3.2 |
| Accepted name: |
acid phosphatase |
| Reaction: |
a phosphate monoester + H2O = an alcohol + phosphate |
| Other name(s): |
acid phosphomonoesterase; phosphomonoesterase; glycerophosphatase; acid monophosphatase; acid phosphohydrolase; acid phosphomonoester hydrolase; uteroferrin; acid nucleoside diphosphate phosphatase; orthophosphoric-monoester phosphohydrolase (acid optimum) |
| Systematic name: |
phosphate-monoester phosphohydrolase (acid optimum) |
| Comments: |
Wide specificity. Also catalyses transphosphorylations. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9001-77-8 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Joyce, B.K. and Grisolia, S. Purification and properties of a nonspecific acid phosphatase from wheat germ. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 2278–2281. [PMID: 14408027] |
| 2. |
Kuo, M.-H. and Blumenthal, H.J. Purification and properties of an acid phosphomonoesterase from Neurospora crassa. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 52 (1961) 13–29. [DOI] [PMID: 14460641] |
| 3. |
Tsuboi, K.K., Wiener, G. and Hudson, P.B. Acid phosphatase. VII. Yeast phosphomonoesterase; isolation procedure and stability characteristics. J. Biol. Chem. 224 (1957) 621–635. [PMID: 13405892] |
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