Nucleotide diphosphatase

Nucleotide diphosphatase
nucleotide diphosphatase
Identifiers
EC number 3.6.1.9
CAS number 9032-64-8
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 / EGO

In enzymology, a nucleotide diphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.9) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

a dinucleotide + H2O \rightleftharpoons 2 mononucleotides

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are dinucleotide and H2O, whereas its product is mononucleotide.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on acid anhydrides in phosphorus-containing anhydrides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is dinucleotide nucleotidohydrolase. Other names in common use include nucleotide pyrophosphatase, and nucleotide-sugar pyrophosphatase. This enzyme participates in 5 metabolic pathways: purine metabolism, starch and sucrose metabolism, riboflavin metabolism, nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism, and pantothenate and coa biosynthesis.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, 5 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1NQY, 1NQZ, 2GSN, 2GSO, and 2GSU.

References

  • Jacobson JB and Kaplan NO (1957). "A reduced pyridine nucleotide pyrophosphatase". J. Biol. Chem. 226: 427–437. PMID 13428775. 
  • Kornberg A and Pricer WE (1950). "Nucleotide pyrophosphatase". J. Biol. Chem. 182: 763–778. 
  • Kumar SA, Rao NA, Vaidyanathan CS (1965). "Nucleotidases in plants. I. Partial purification and properties of the enzyme hydrolyzing flavine adenine dinucleotide from mung bean seedlings (Phaseolus radiatus)". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 111 (3): 646–52. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(65)90246-8. PMID 5862212. 
  • Swartz MN, Kaplan NO and Lamborg MF (1958). "A "heat-activated" diphosphopyridine nucleotide pyrophosphatase from Proteus vulgaris". J. Biol. Chem. 232: 1051–1063. PMID 13549486.