Maltose-6'-phosphate glucosidase

The enzyme maltose-6′-phosphate glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.122) catalyzes the following chemical reaction:

maltose 6′-phosphate + H₂O ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ D-glucose + D-glucose 6-phosphate

maltose-6′-phosphate glucosidase
Identifiers
EC no.	3.2.1.122
CAS no.	98445-08-0
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 / QuickGO
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It belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds. It participates in starch and sucrose metabolism.

Nomenclature

The systematic name of this enzyme class is maltose-6′-phosphate 6-phosphoglucohydrolase. This enzyme is also called phospho-α-glucosidase.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code 1U8X.