IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.6.2

Accepted name: thiamine diphosphokinase

Reaction: ATP + thiamine = AMP + thiamine diphosphate

Glossary: thiamine diphosphate

Other name(s): thiamin kinase; thiamine pyrophosphokinase; ATP:thiamin pyrophosphotransferase; thiamin pyrophosphokinase; thiamin pyrophosphotransferase; thiaminokinase; thiamin:ATP pyrophosphotransferase; TPTase

Systematic name: ATP:thiamine diphosphotransferase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9026-24-8

References:

1. Leuthardt, F. and Nielsen, H. Phosphorylation biologique de la thiamine. Helv. Chim. Acta 35 (1952) 1196-1209.

2. Shimazono, N., Mano, Y., Tanaka, R. and Kajiro, Y. Mechanism of transpyrophosphorylation with thiamine pyrophosphokinase. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 46 (1959) 959-961.

3. Steyn-Parvé, E.P. Partial purification and properties of thiaminokinase from yeast. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 8 (1952) 310-324.

[EC 2.7.6.2 created 1961]


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