EC |
3.2.1.147 |
Accepted name: |
thioglucosidase |
Reaction: |
a thioglucoside + H2O = a sugar + a thiol |
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Other name(s): |
myrosinase; sinigrinase; sinigrase |
Systematic name: |
thioglucoside glucohydrolase |
Comments: |
Has a wide specificity for thioglycosides. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-38-1 |
References: |
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Goodman, I., Fouts, J.R., Bresnick, E., Menegas, R. and Hitchings, G.H. A mammalian thioglucosidase. Science 130 (1959) 450–451. [DOI] [PMID: 13675769] |
2. |
Pigman, W.W. Action of almond emulsin on the phenyl glucosides of synthetic sugars and on β-thiophenyl d-glucoside. J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand. 26 (1941) 197–204. |
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[EC 3.2.1.147 created 1972 as EC 3.2.3.1, transferred 2001 to EC 3.2.1.147] |
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