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EC 3.1.3.21 Details
EC number
3.1.3.21
Accepted name
glycerol-1-phosphatase
Reaction
glycerol 1-phosphate + H2O = glycerol + phosphate
Other name(s)
α-glycerophosphatase,
α-glycerol phosphatase,
glycerol 3-phosphatase,
glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase,
glycerol 3-phosphate phosphohydrolase
Systematic name
glycerol-1-phosphate phosphohydrolase
CAS registry number
37228-75-4
Comment
The Dunaliella enzyme acts more rapidly on sn-glycerol 1-phosphate than on the 3-phosphate. The enzyme from yeast also acts on propane-1,2-diol 1-phosphate, but not on a variety of other phosphate esters.
History
created 1972, modified 1986
EC Tree
3.1.3.30 created 1972, deleted 1992
3.1.3.61 created 1992, deleted 2002
3.1.3.65 created 1992, deleted 2002