IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.4.2.8

Accepted name: phosphomannomutase

Reaction: α-D-mannose 1-phosphate = D-mannose 6-phosphate

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Other name(s): mannose phosphomutase; phosphomannose mutase; D-mannose 1,6-phosphomutase

Systematic name: α-D-mannose 1,6-phosphomutase

Comments: D-Mannose 1,6-bisphosphate or D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate can act as cofactor. Formerly EC 2.7.5.7.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 59536-73-1

References:

1. Small, D.M. and Matheson, N.K. Phosphomannomutase and phosphoglucomutase in developing Cassia corymbosa seeds. Phytochemistry 18 (1979) 1147-1150.

[EC 5.4.2.8 created 1981 as EC 2.7.5.7, transferred 1984 to EC 5.4.2.8]


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