Entry
Name
nucleoside-triphosphate-aldose-1-phosphate nucleotidyltransferase;
NDP hexose pyrophosphorylase;
hexose 1-phosphate nucleotidyltransferase;
hexose nucleotidylating enzyme;
nucleoside diphosphohexose pyrophosphorylase;
hexose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase;
GTP:alpha-D-hexose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase;
GDP hexose pyrophosphorylase;
guanosine diphosphohexose pyrophosphorylase;
nucleoside-triphosphate-hexose-1-phosphate nucleotidyltransferase;
NTP:hexose-1-phosphate nucleotidyltransferase
Class
Transferases;
Transferring phosphorus-containing groups;
Nucleotidyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
NTP:alpha-D-aldose-1-phosphate nucleotidyltransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
nucleoside triphosphate + alpha-D-aldose 1-phosphate = diphosphate + NDP-hexose [RN:
R03149 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
nucleoside triphosphate [CPD:
C00201 ];
alpha-D-aldose 1-phosphate [CPD:
C00991 ]
Product
Comment
In decreasing order of activity, guanosine, inosine and adenosine diphosphate hexoses are substrates in the reverse reaction, with either glucose or mannose as the sugar.
History
EC 2.7.7.28 created 1972, modified 2004 (EC 2.7.7.29 created 1972, incorporated 2004)
Reference
Authors
Verachtert H, Rodriguez P, Bass ST, Hansen RG.
Title
Purification and properties of guanosine diphosphate hexose pyrophosphorylase from mammalian tissues.
Journal
J Biol Chem 241:2007-13 (1966)
Reference
2
Authors
Hansen RG, Verachtert H, Rodriguez P, Bass ST.
Title
GDP-hexose pyrophosphorylase from liver.
Journal
Methods Enzymol 8:269-271 (1966)
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 2.7.7.28
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.7.7.28