EC |
3.1.3.5 |
Accepted name: |
5′-nucleotidase |
Reaction: |
a 5′-ribonucleotide + H2O = a ribonucleoside + phosphate |
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Other name(s): |
uridine 5′-nucleotidase; 5′-adenylic phosphatase; adenosine 5′-phosphatase; AMP phosphatase; adenosine monophosphatase; 5′-mononucleotidase; AMPase; UMPase; snake venom 5′-nucleotidase; thimidine monophosphate nucleotidase; 5′-AMPase; 5′-AMP nucleotidase; AMP phosphohydrolase; IMP 5′-nucleotidase |
Systematic name: |
5′-ribonucleotide phosphohydrolase |
Comments: |
Wide specificity for 5′-nucleotides. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9027-73-0 |
References: |
1. |
Gulland, J.M. and Jackson, E.M. 5-Nucleotidase. Biochem. J. 32 (1938) 597–601. [PMID: 16746659] |
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Heppel, L.A. and Hilmoe, R.J. Purification and properties of 5-nucleotidase. J. Biol. Chem. 188 (1951) 665–676. [PMID: 14824154] |
3. |
Segal, H.L. and Brenner, B.M. 5′-Nucleotidase of rat liver microsomes. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 471–474. [PMID: 14444527] |
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[EC 3.1.3.5 created 1961] |
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