phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGPase, PGP, PGP)

Function

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2-phosphoglycolate + H2O <--> glycolate + phosphate

Structure

• belongs to the HAD-like hydrolase superfamily CbbY/cbbZ/gph/yieH family

Expression

• detected in all tissues including red cells, lymphocytes & cultured fibroblasts (at protein level)
• highest activities occur in skeletal muscle & cardiac muscle

More general terms

• phosphomonoesterase

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/172280
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A6NDG6.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=5240