IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.1.142

Accepted name: glycerol-3-phosphate—glucose phosphotransferase

Reaction: sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + D-glucose = glycerol + D-glucose 6-phosphate

Systematic name: sn-glycerol-3-phosphate:D-glucose 6-phosphotransferase

Comments: Involved in the anaerobic metabolism of sugars in the bloodstream of trypanosomes.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 125008-33-5

References:

1. Kiaira, J.K. and Njogu, R.M. Evidence for glycerol 3-phosphate:glucose transphosphorylase activity in bloodstream Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Int. J. Biochem. 21 (1989) 839-845. [PMID: 2555230]

[EC 2.7.1.142 created 1992]


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