In biochemistry, phosphorylases are enzymes that catalyze the addition of a phosphate group from an inorganic phosphate (phosphate+hydrogen) to an acceptor...
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Glycogen phosphorylase is one of the phosphorylase enzymes (EC 2.4.1.1). Glycogen phosphorylase catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycogenolysis in animals...
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Xanthosine phosphorylase, also known as inosine-guanosine phosphorylase, is a catalytic enzyme encoded by the XapA gene in E. coli. The presence of xanthosine...
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Phosphorylase kinase (PhK) is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase which activates glycogen phosphorylase to release glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen...
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Purine nucleoside phosphorylase, PNP, PNPase or inosine phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.1) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NP gene. It catalyzes...
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Polynucleotide Phosphorylase (PNPase) is a bifunctional enzyme with a phosphorolytic 3' to 5' exoribonuclease activity and a 3'-terminal oligonucleotide...
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phosphorolysis, by the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase. In the muscles, glycogenolysis begins due to the binding of cAMP to phosphorylase kinase, converting the latter...
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Pyrimidine phosphorylase may refer to: Thymidine phosphorylase Uridine phosphorylase This article includes a list of related items that share the same...
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In enzymology, a pyrimidine-nucleoside phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction a pyrimidine nucleoside + phosphate...
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Thymidine phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.4) is an enzyme that is encoded by the TYMP gene and catalyzes the reaction: thymidine + phosphate ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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