Entry
Name
D-galactose 1-phosphate phosphatase
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on ester bonds;
Phosphoric-monoester hydrolases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
alpha-D-galactose-1-phosphate phosphohydrolase
Reaction(IUBMB)
alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate + H2O = D-galactose + phosphate [RN:
R10622 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate [CPD:
C00446 ];
H2O [CPD:
C00001 ]
Product
Comment
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).
History
EC 3.1.3.94 created 2014
Reference
Authors
Parthasarathy R, Parthasarathy L, Vadnal R
Title
Brain inositol monophosphatase identified as a galactose 1-phosphatase.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 3.1.3.94
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.1.3.94