Reaction: a pyrimidine 5'-nucleotide + H2O = D-ribose 5-phosphate + a pyrimidine base
Other name(s): pyrimidine nucleotide N-ribosidase; Pyr5N
Systematic name: pyrimidine-5'-nucleotide phosphoribo(deoxyribo)hydrolase
Comments: Also acts on dUMP, dTMP and dCMP.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-31-8
References:
1. Imada, A. Degradation of pyrimidine nucleotides by enzyme systems of Streptomyces. II. Pyrimidine 5'-nucleotide phosphoribo(deoxyribo) hydrolase of Streptomyces virginiae. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 13 (1967) 267-278.
2. Imada, A., Kuno, M. and Igarasi, S. Degradation of pyrimidine nucleotides by enzyme systems of Streptomyces. I. Ribose-5-phosphate formation from pyrimidine nucleotides. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 13 (1967) 255-265.