IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.4.1.139

Accepted name: maltose synthase

Reaction: 2 α-D-glucose 1-phosphate + H2O = maltose + 2 phosphate

Systematic name: α-D-glucose-1-phosphate:α-D-glucose-1-phosphate 4-α-D-glucosyltransferase (dephosphorylating)

Comments: Neither free phosphate nor maltose 1-phosphate is an intermediate in the reaction.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 81669-74-1

References:

1. Schilling, N. Characterization of maltose biosynthesis from α-D-glucose-1-phosphate in Spinacia oleracea L. Planta 154 (1982) 87-93.

[EC 2.4.1.139 created 1984]


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