EC 3.1.3.2 - Acid phosphatase
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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.1.3.2
Names
Accepted name:
acid phosphatase
Other
names:
acid monophosphatase
acid nucleoside diphosphate phosphatase
acid phosphohydrolase
acid phosphomonoester hydrolase
acid phosphomonoesterase
glycerophosphatase
orthophosphoric-monoester phosphohydrolase (acid optimum)
phosphomonoesterase
uteroferrin
acid nucleoside diphosphate phosphatase
acid phosphohydrolase
acid phosphomonoester hydrolase
acid phosphomonoesterase
glycerophosphatase
orthophosphoric-monoester phosphohydrolase (acid optimum)
phosphomonoesterase
uteroferrin
Systematic name:
phosphate-monoester phosphohydrolase (acid optimum)
Reaction
- a phosphate monoester + H2O = an alcohol + phosphate
Comments:
Wide specificity. Also catalyses transphosphorylations.
Links to other databases
Enzymes and pathways:
NC-IUBMB
,
BRENDA
,
ExplorEnz
,
ENZYME@ExPASy
,
KEGG
,
MetaCyc
,
NIST 74
,
UniPathway
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00538
,
PROSITE:PDOC00891
Gene Ontology:
GO:0003993
CAS Registry Number:
9001-77-8
References
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Purification and properties of a nonspecific acid phosphatase from wheat germ.J. Biol. Chem. 235 : 2278-2281 (1960).
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Purification and properties of an acid phosphomonoesterase from Neurospora crassa.Biochim. Biophys. Acta 52 : 13-29 (1961).
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Acid phosphatase. VII. Yeast phosphomonoesterase; isolation procedure and stability characteristics.J. Biol. Chem. 224 : 621-635 (1957).
[EC 3.1.3.2 created 1961]