Starch phosphorylase

Enzyme

Starch phosphorylase is a form of phosphorylase similar to glycogen phosphorylase, except that it acts upon starch instead of glycogen.

The plant alpha-glucan phosphorylase, commonly called starch phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.1), is largely known for the phosphorolytic degradation of starch. Starch phosphorylase catalyzes the reversible transfer of glucosyl units from glucose-1-phosphate to the nonreducing end of alpha-1,4-D-glucan chains with the release of phosphate. Two distinct forms of starch phosphorylase, plastidic phosphorylase and cytosolic phosphorylase, have been consistently observed in higher plants.

External links

  • Starch+phosphorylase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  • http://www.genome.ad.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?ko+K00688
    • Rathore RS, Garg N, Garg S, Kumar A.

Crit Rev Biotechnol. 2009;29(3):214-24. Starch phosphorylase: role in starch metabolism and biotechnological applications.

  • http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07388550902926063
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Transferases: glycosyltransferases (EC 2.4)
2.4.1: Hexosyl-
transferases
Glucosyl-
  • Phosphorylase
    • Starch
    • Glycogen
    • Cellobiose
    • Myo-
  • Glycogen synthase
  • Debranching enzyme
  • Branching enzyme
  • 1,3-Beta-glucan synthase
  • Ceramide glucosyltransferase
  • N-glycosyltransferase
Galactosyl-
Glucuronosyl-
Fucosyl-
Mannosyl-
2.4.2: Pentosyl-
transferases
Ribose
ADP-ribosyltransferase
Phosphoribosyltransferase
Other
Other
2.4.99: Sialyl
transferases
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