CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Nucleoside phosphorylase domain
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.4.2.1
Purine-nucleoside phosphorylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P00491
(1) Purine nucleoside + phosphate = purine + alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate. (2) Purine deoxynucleoside + phosphate = purine + 2'-deoxy-alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate.
-!- Specificity not completely determined. -!- Can also catalyze ribosyltransferase reactions of the type catalyzed by EC 2.4.2.5.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00491
PNPH_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1PF7
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structural basis for inhibition of human PNP by immucillin-H
De Azevedo Jr., W.F., Canduri, F., Dos Santos, D.M., Pereira, J.H., Dias, M.V.B., Silva, R.G., Mendes, M.A., Palma, M.S., Basso, L.A., Santos, D.S.
Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun.