Talk:Phosphorolysis

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This page needs to be combined with "phosphorolase." Both this page and the phosphorolase page have severe weaknesses and need to be cleaned up and added to by an expert. The phosphorolase page contains straight-up inaccuracies. This one is a bit better in some respects, but it's obviously a stub.

For clarification (though not necessarily for the final page on this topic), please note Merriam Webster's definitions (from www.m-w.com, accessed 24 October 2007 at 04:00 GMT):

Phosphorolase: "any of the enzymes that catalyze phosphorolysis with the formation of organic phosphates"

Phosphorolysis: "a reversible reaction analogous to hydrolysis in which phosphoric acid functions in a manner similar to that of water with the formation of a phosphate (as glucose-1-phosphate in the breakdown of liver glycogen)"


I would recommend linking the phosphorolase/phosphorolysis combined page to more terms (as is already noted); including figures to demonstrate the species (e.g., "phosphoric acid") and reactions involved (especially since "attack" in an chemistry term is best explained through pictures); and including a few more examples of the reaction. Moreover, phosphorolysis is a reaction that is important in the human body, and as such could be explained in terms of how it can be affected by various genetic mutations, drugs, disease processes, etc.Walking Softly 07:10, 24 October 2007 (UTC)