EC 2.4.2.4 - Thymidine phosphorylase
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EC 2.4.2.4
Names
Accepted name:
thymidine phosphorylase
Other
names:
animal growth regulators, blood platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factors
blood platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor
deoxythymidine phosphorylase
gliostatins
pyrimidine deoxynucleoside phosphorylase
pyrimidine phosphorylase
thymidine-orthophosphate deoxyribosyltransferase
thymidine:phosphate deoxy-D-ribosyltransferase
blood platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor
deoxythymidine phosphorylase
gliostatins
pyrimidine deoxynucleoside phosphorylase
pyrimidine phosphorylase
thymidine-orthophosphate deoxyribosyltransferase
thymidine:phosphate deoxy-D-ribosyltransferase
Systematic name:
thymidine:phosphate deoxy-α-D-ribosyltransferase
Reaction
- thymidine + phosphate = thymine + 2-deoxy-alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate
Comments:
The enzyme in some tissues also catalyses deoxyribosyltransferase reactions of the type catalysed by EC 2.4.2.6, nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase.
Links to other databases
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00557
Gene Ontology:
GO:0009032
CAS Registry Number:
9030-23-3
References
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The enzymatic synthesis of nucleosides. I. Thymidine phosphorylase in mammalian tissue.J. Biol. Chem. 207 : 245-256 (1954). [PMID: 13152099]
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Deoxyribosyl transfer. I. Thymidine phosphorylase and nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase in normal and malignant tissues.J. Biol. Chem. 239 : 2618-2621 (1964). [PMID: 14235544]
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Deoxyribosyl transfer. II. Nucleoside:pyrimidine deoxyribosyltransferase activity of three partially purified thymidine phosphorylases.J. Biol. Chem. 239 : 2622-2627 (1964). [PMID: 14235545]
[EC 2.4.2.4 created 1961]