GDP-D-glucose phosphorylase

GDP-D-glucose phosphorylase (EC 2.7.7.78) is an enzyme with systematic name GDP:alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate guanylyltransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

GDP-alpha-D-glucose + phosphate alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + GDP
GDP-D-glucose phosphorylase
Identifiers
EC number2.7.7.78
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

The enzyme may be involved in prevention of misincorporation of glucose in place of mannose residues into glycoconjugates.

References

  1. Adler LN, Gomez TA, Clarke SG, Linster CL (June 2011). "A novel GDP-D-glucose phosphorylase involved in quality control of the nucleoside diphosphate sugar pool in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammals". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286 (24): 21511–23. doi:10.1074/jbc.m111.238774. PMC 3122210. PMID 21507950.
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