Reaction: myo-inositol hexakisphosphate + H2O = 1D-myo-inositol 1,2,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate + phosphate
Other name(s): 1-phytase; phytase; phytate 1-phosphatase; phytate 6-phosphatase
Systematic name: myo-inositol-hexakisphosphate 3-phosphohydrolase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37288-11-2
References:
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2. Johnson, L.F. and Tate, M.E. The structure of myo-inositol pentaphosphates. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 165 (1969) 526-532. [PMID: 4310376]
3. Irving, G.C.J. and Cosgrove, D.J. Inositol phosphate phosphatases of microbiological origin: the inositol pentaphosphate products of Aspergillus ficuum phytases. J. Bacteriol. 112 (1972) 434-438. [PMID: 4342816]
4. Cosgrove, D.J. Inositol phosphates: their chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1980