Pyrophosphatase
Class of enzymes
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Pyrophosphatases, also known as diphosphatases, are acid anhydride hydrolases that act upon diphosphate bonds.[1]
| Pyrophosphatase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.6.1.- | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Examples include:
- Inorganic pyrophosphatase, which acts upon the free pyrophosphate ion
- Tobacco acid pyrophosphatase, which catalyses the hydrolysis of a phosphoric ester
- Various organic pyrophosphatases, which act upon organic molecules with the pyrophosphate group (but excluding triphosphatases that act on the final bond):
