Nigerose phosphorylase

Nigerose phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.279, cphy1874 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 3-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose:phosphate beta-D-glucosyltransferase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

3-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose + phosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ D-glucose + beta-D-glucose 1-phosphate

Nigerose phosphorylase
Identifiers
EC no.	2.4.1.279
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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The enzymes from Clostridium phytofermentans is specific for nigerose.