EC 3.1.3.94 - D-galactose 1-phosphate phosphatase
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EC 3.1.3.94
Names
Accepted name:
D-galactose 1-phosphate phosphatase
Systematic name:
α-D-galactose-1-phosphate phosphohydrolase
Reaction
- alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate + H2O = D-galactose + phosphate
Comments:
The human enzyme also has the activity of EC 3.1.3.25, inositol-phosphate phosphatase. The enzyme has very low activity with L-galactose 1-phosphate (cf. EC 3.1.3.93, L-galactose 1-phosphate phosphatase).
Links to other databases
References
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Brain inositol monophosphatase identified as a galactose 1-phosphatase.Brain Res. 778 : 99-106 (1997). [PMID: 9462881]
[EC 3.1.3.94 created 2014]