CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Nucleoside phosphorylase domain
Functional Family Uridine phosphorylase

Enzyme Information

2.4.2.3
Uridine phosphorylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P12758
Uridine + phosphate = uracil + alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate.
-!- The enzyme participates the the pathways of pyrimidine ribonucleosides degradation and salvage. -!- The mammalian enzyme also accepts 2'-deoxyuridine. -!- Formerly EC 2.4.2.23.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P12758
UDP_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Uridine phosphorylase

PDB Structure

PDB 1RXS
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structures of escherichia coli uridine phosphorylase in two native and three complexed forms reveal basis of substrate specificity, induced conformational changes and influence of potassium
Caradoc-Davies, T.T., Cutfield, S.M., Lamont, I.L., Cutfield, J.F.
J.Mol.Biol.
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