Reaction: 2-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-glycerol + phosphate = β-D-glucose 1-phosphate + glycerol
Other name(s): 2-O-α-D-glucopyranosylglycerol phosphorylase
Systematic name: 2-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-glycerol:phosphate β-D-glucosyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme has been isolated from the bacterium Bacillus selenitireducens. In the absence of glycerol the enzyme produces α-D-glucopyranose and phosphate from β-D-glucopyranose 1-phosphate. In this reaction the glucosyl residue is transferred to a water molecule with an inversion of the anomeric conformation.
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References:
1. Nihira, T., Saito, Y., Ohtsubo, K., Nakai, H. and Kitaoka, M. 2-O-α-D-glucosylglycerol phosphorylase from Bacillus selenitireducens MLS10 possessing hydrolytic activity on β-D-glucose 1-phosphate. PLoS One 9 (2014) e86548. [PMID: 24466148]
2. Touhara, K.K., Nihira, T., Kitaoka, M., Nakai, H. and Fushinobu, S. Structural basis for reversible phosphorolysis and hydrolysis reactions of 2-O-α-glucosylglycerol phosphorylase. J. Biol. Chem. 289 (2014) 18067-18075. [PMID: 24828502]