(Pyruvate, water dikinase)-phosphate phosphotransferase explained

(Pyruvate, water dikinase)-phosphate phosphotransferase
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(Pyruvate, water dikinase)-phosphate phosphotransferase (PSRP) is an enzyme with systematic name (pyruvate, water dikinase) phosphate:phosphate phosphotransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

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[pyruvate, water dikinase] + diphosphate

The enzyme from the bacterium Escherichia coli is bifunctional.

Notes and References

  1. Burnell JN . Cloning and characterization of Escherichia coli DUF299: a bifunctional ADP-dependent kinase--Pi-dependent pyrophosphorylase from bacteria . BMC Biochemistry . 11 . 1 . January 2010 . 20044937 . 2817694 . 10.1186/1471-2091-11-1 . free .