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Glucose-1-Phosphate Adenylyltransferase
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Definition
: An ATP-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the addition of ADP to alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate to form ADP-glucose and diphosphate. The reaction is the rate-limiting reaction in prokaryotic GLYCOGEN and plant STARCH biosynthesis.
Other names
Synthetase, ADPG; Synthetase, ADP-
Glucose; Synthase, ADP-
Glucose; Pyrophosphorylase, Adenosine Diphosphoglucose; Pyrophosphorylase, ADPGlucose; Pyrophosphorylase, ADP-
Glucose; Glucose 1 Phosphate Adenylyltransferase; Diphosphoglucose Pyrophosphorylase, Adenosine; Adenylyltransferase, Glucose-
1-
Phosphate; ADP Glucose Synthetase; ADP Glucose Synthase; ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase; Adenosine Diphosphoglucose Pyrophosphorylase; Adenosine Diphosphate Glucose Pyrophosphorylase; ADPGlucose Pyrophosphorylase; ADPG Synthetase; ADP-
Glucose Synthetase; ADP-
Glucose Synthase; ADP-
Glucose Pyrophosphorylase
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ADP-
glucose pyrophosphorylase, Arabidopsis
EC 2.7.7.27
*Arabidopsis Proteins
*Glucose-1-Phosphate Adenylyltransferase.