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Information on EC 2.4.2.4 - thymidine phosphorylase

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IUBMB Comments

The enzyme in some tissues also catalyses deoxyribosyltransferase reactions of the type catalysed by EC 2.4.2.6, nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase.

The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Eukaryota, Bacteria

Synonyms
thymidine phosphorylase, pd-ecgf, dthdpase, platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor, pynpase, pd-ecgf/tp, pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylase, pdecgf, platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor/thymidine phosphorylase, gliostatin, more

REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
COMMENTARY hide
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
thymidine + phosphate = thymine + 2-deoxy-alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate
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PATHWAY SOURCE
PATHWAYS
MetaCyc
pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides degradation
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