biochemistry, a phosphatase is an enzyme that uses water to cleave a phosphoric acid monoester into a phosphate ion and an alcohol. Because a phosphatase enzyme...

The enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP, alkaline phenyl phosphatase) is a phosphatase with the physiological role of dephosphorylating compounds. The enzyme...

Acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2, systematic name phosphate-monoester phosphohydrolase (acid optimum)) is an enzyme that frees attached phosphoryl groups...

Elevated alkaline phosphatase occurs when levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) exceed the reference range. This group of enzymes has a low substrate specificity...

A protein phosphatase is a phosphatase enzyme that removes a phosphate group from the phosphorylated amino acid residue of its substrate protein. Protein...

Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4557-4377-3. The enzyme glucose 6-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.9, G6Pase; systematic name D-glucose-6-phosphate phosphohydrolase)...

The enzyme dolichyl-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.51) catalyzes the reaction dolichyl phosphate + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } dolichol + phosphate...

Myosin light-chain phosphatase, also called myosin phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.53; systematic name [myosin-light-chain]-phosphate phosphohydrolase), is an enzyme...

The enzyme phosphorylase a phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.17) catalyzes the reaction [phosphorylase a] + 4 H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } 2 [phosphorylase...

Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B) may refer to: PP2BA – PP2B catalytic subunit alpha isoform PP2BB – PP2B catalytic subunit beta isoform...

The enzyme pyridoxal phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.74) catalyzes the reaction pyridoxal 5′-phosphate + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } pyridoxal + phosphate...

The enzyme phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP, EC 3.1.3.4) is a key regulatory enzyme in lipid metabolism, catalyzing the conversion of phosphatidate to diacylglycerol:...

Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) belongs to a certain class of phosphatases known as protein serine/threonine phosphatases. This type of phosphatase includes...

Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is a phosphatase in humans and is encoded by the PTEN gene. Mutations of this gene are a step in the development...

Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP or TRAPase), also called acid phosphatase 5, tartrate resistant (ACP5), is a glycosylated monomeric metalloprotein...

alkaline phosphatase, a dimer enzyme, exhibits intragenic complementation. That is, when particular mutant versions of alkaline phosphatase were combined...

Alkaline phosphatase, placental type also known as placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is an allosteric enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALPP...

phosphoglycolate hydrolase, 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase, P-glycolate phosphatase, and phosphoglycollate phosphatase, is an enzyme responsible for catalyzing...

Protein phosphatase 2 (PP2), also known as PP2A, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PPP2CA gene. The PP2A heterotrimeric protein phosphatase is...

Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), also prostatic specific acid phosphatase (PSAP), is an enzyme produced by the prostate. It may be found in increased...

Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 also known as protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is an enzyme that is the founding member of the...

The enzyme inositol-polyphosphate 5-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.56), systematic name 1D-myo-inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate 5-phosphohydrolase, catalyses the following...

Synonyms: uridine 5′-nucleotidase, 5′-adenylic phosphatase, adenosine 5'-phosphatase, AMP phosphatase, adenosine monophosphatase, 5′-mononucleotidase...

In enzymology, a bisphosphoglycerate phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.13) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 2,3-bisphospho-D-glycerate + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle...

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDD), also known as favism, is the most common enzyme deficiency anemia worldwide. It is an inborn error...

The enzyme protein phosphatase methylesterase-1 (EC 3.1.1.89, PME-1, PPME1; systematic name (phosphatase 2A protein)-leucine ester acylhydrolase catalyses...

The enzyme phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.36) catalyzes the reaction 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle...

Protein tyrosine phosphatases (EC 3.1.3.48, systematic name protein-tyrosine-phosphate phosphohydrolase) are a group of enzymes that remove phosphate groups...

linked to the biliary tract (gamma-glutamyl transferase and alkaline phosphatase). Because some of these tests do not measure function, it is more accurate...

Cdc25 is a dual-specificity phosphatase first isolated from the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a cell cycle defective mutant. As with other cell cycle...