- biochemistry, a
phosphatase is an
enzyme that uses
water to
cleave a
phosphoric acid
monoester into a
phosphate ion and an alcohol.
Because a
phosphatase enzyme...
- The
enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP,
alkaline phenyl phosphatase) is a
phosphatase with the
physiological role of
dephosphorylating compounds. The enzyme...
- Acid
phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2,
systematic name phosphate-monoester
phosphohydrolase (acid optimum)) is an
enzyme that
frees attached phosphoryl groups...
-
Elevated alkaline phosphatase occurs when
levels of
alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
exceed the
reference range. This
group of
enzymes has a low
substrate specificity...
- The
enzyme glucose 6-
phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.9, G6Pase;
systematic name D-glucose-6-phosphate phosphohydrolase)
catalyzes the
hydrolysis of
glucose 6-phosphate...
-
Myosin light-chain
phosphatase, also
called myosin phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.53;
systematic name [myosin-light-chain]-phosphate phosphohydrolase), is an enzyme...
- A
protein phosphatase is a
phosphatase enzyme that
removes a
phosphate group from the
phosphorylated amino acid
residue of its
substrate protein. Protein...
- The
enzyme dolichyl-
phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.51)
catalyzes the
reaction dolichyl phosphate + H2O ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
dolichol + phosphate...
- The
enzyme pyridoxal phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.74)
catalyzes the
reaction pyridoxal 5′-phosphate + H2O ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
pyridoxal + phosphate...
-
phosphoglycolate hydrolase, 2-phosphoglycolate
phosphatase, P-glycolate
phosphatase, and
phosphoglycollate phosphatase, is an
enzyme responsible for catalyzing...
