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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Phosphotransferases > Nucleotidyltransferases > Glucose-1-Phosphate Adenylyltransferase

Preferred term

Glucose-1-Phosphate Adenylyltransferase  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An ATP-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the addition of ADP to alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate to form ADP-glucose and diphosphate. The reaction is the rate-limiting reaction in prokaryotic GLYCOGEN and plant STARCH biosynthesis.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 9027-71-8 (CRN)
  • Adenosine Diphosphate Glucose Pyrophosphorylase
  • Adenosine Diphosphoglucose Pyrophosphorylase
  • ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase
  • ADPGlucose Pyrophosphorylase
  • ADP-Glucose Synthase
  • ADP-Glucose Synthetase
  • ADPG Synthetase

In other languages

  • French

  • 9027-71-8 (CRN)
  • Adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase
  • Adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase
  • ADP-Glucose pyrophosphorylase
  • ADP-Glucose synthase
  • ADPG Synthetase
  • Glucose-1-phosphate adenylyl transferase

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