Glycerol-1-phosphatase

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In enzymology, a glycerol-1-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.21) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

glycerol 1-phosphate + H₂O glycerol + phosphate

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are glycerol 1-phosphate and H₂O, whereas its two products are glycerol and phosphate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on phosphoric monoester bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycerol-1-phosphate phosphohydrolase. Other names in common use include alpha-glycerophosphatase, alpha-glycerol phosphatase, glycerol 3-phosphatase, glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase, and glycerol 3-phosphate phosphohydrolase. This enzyme participates in glycerolipid metabolism.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 3.1.3.21
• BRENDA references for 3.1.3.21 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 3.1.3.21
• PubMed Central references for 3.1.3.21
• Google Scholar references for 3.1.3.21
• Sussman I and Avron M (1981). "Characterization and partial purification of DL-glycerol-1-phosphatase from Dunaliella salina". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 661: 199–204. 

[edit] External links

The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 37228-75-4.

• IUBMB entry for 3.1.3.21

• KEGG entry for 3.1.3.21

• BRENDA entry for 3.1.3.21

• NiceZyme view of 3.1.3.21

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 3.1.3.21

• PRIAM entry for 3.1.3.21

• PUMA2 entry for 3.1.3.21

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 3.1.3.21

• MetaCyc entry for 3.1.3.21

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0000121: glycerol-1-phosphatase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0000121: glycerol-1-phosphatase