IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.3.6

Accepted name: 3'-nucleotidase

Reaction: A 3'-ribonucleotide + H2O = a ribonucleoside + phosphate

Other name(s): 3'-mononucleotidase; 3'-phosphatase; 3'-ribonucleotidase

Systematic name: 3'-ribonucleotide phosphohydrolase

Comments: Wide specificity for 3'-nucleotides.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-84-7

References:

1. Shuster, L. and Kaplan, N.O. A specific b nucleotidase. J. Biol. Chem. 201 (1953) 535-546.

[EC 3.1.3.6 created 1961]


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