Any feedback?
Please rate this page
(ecexplorer.php)
(0/150)

BRENDA support

EC Explorer

EC 2.4.2.4 Details
EC number
2.4.2.4
Accepted name
thymidine phosphorylase
Reaction
thymidine + phosphate = thymine + 2-deoxy-α-D-ribose 1-phosphate
Other name(s)
pyrimidine phosphorylase, thymidine-orthophosphate deoxyribosyltransferase, animal growth regulators, blood platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factors, blood platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor, deoxythymidine phosphorylase, gliostatins, pyrimidine deoxynucleoside phosphorylase, thymidine:phosphate deoxy-D-ribosyltransferase
Systematic name
thymidine:phosphate deoxy-α-D-ribosyltransferase
CAS registry number
9030-23-3
Comment
The enzyme in some tissues also catalyses deoxyribosyltransferase reactions of the type catalysed by EC 2.4.2.6, nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase.
History
created 1961
EC Tree
2.4.2.13 created 1961, deleted 1965