IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.6.1.2

Accepted name: trimetaphosphatase

Reaction: trimetaphosphate + H2O = triphosphate

Other name(s): inorganic trimetaphosphatase

Systematic name: trimetaphosphate hydrolase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9024-84-4

References:

1. Kornberg, S.R. Tripolyphosphate and trimetaphosphate in yeast extracts. J. Biol. Chem. 218 (1956) 23-31.

2. Meyerhof, O., Shatas, R. and Kaplan, A. Heat of hydrolysis of trimetaphosphate. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 12 (1953) 121-127.

[EC 3.6.1.2 created 1961]


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