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Maltose 6' phosphate glucosidase

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EC number
  
3.2.1.122

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CAS number
  
98445-08-0

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In enzymology, a maltose-6'-phosphate glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.122) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

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maltose 6'-phosphate + H2O D-glucose + D-glucose 6-phosphate

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are maltose-6'-phosphate and H2O, whereas its two products are D-glucose and D-glucose 6-phosphate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds. This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism.

Nomenclature

The systematic name of this enzyme class is maltose-6'-phosphate 6-phosphoglucohydrolase. This enzyme is also called phospho-alpha-glucosidase.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code 1U8X.

References

Maltose-6'-phosphate glucosidase Wikipedia