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EC 3.2.2.8 Details
EC number
3.2.2.8
Accepted name
ribosylpyrimidine nucleosidase
Reaction
a pyrimidine nucleoside + H2O = D-ribose + a pyrimidine base
Other name(s)
N-ribosylpyrimidine nucleosidase, pyrimidine nucleosidase, N-ribosylpyrimidine ribohydrolase, pyrimidine nucleoside hydrolase, RihB, YeiK, nucleoside ribohydrolase
Systematic name
pyrimidine-nucleoside ribohydrolase
CAS registry number
37288-60-1
Comment
Also hydrolyses purine D-ribonucleosides, but much more slowly. 2′-, 3′- and 5′-deoxynucleosides are not substrates [3].
History
created 1972
EC Tree
3.2.2.18 created 1984, deleted 1989