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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Nigerose phosphorylase
| EC_number = 2.4.1.279
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 2/4/1/279
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'''Nigerose phosphorylase''' ({{EC number|2.4.1.279}}, ''cphy1874 (gene)'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''3-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose:phosphate beta-D-glucosyltransferase''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Discovery of nigerose phosphorylase from ''Clostridium phytofermentans'' |author = Nihira, T., Nakai, H., Chiku, K. and Kitaoka, M. |journal = Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. |year = 2012 |volume = 93 |pages = 1513–1522 |pmid = 21808968 | doi = 10.1007/s00253-011-3515-9 | issue = 4}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: 3-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose + [[phosphate]] <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> D-[[glucose]] + beta-D-glucose 1-phosphate

The enzymes from ''[[Clostridium phytofermentans]]'' is specific for [[nigerose]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{MeshName|Nigerose+phosphorylase}}

[[Category:EC 2.4.1]]