Enzyme Details

Enzyme (Recommended) Name	purine nucleosidase
Alternative names	purine-nucleoside ribohydrolase nucleosidase (misleading) purine beta-ribosidase purine nucleoside hydrolase purine ribonucleosidase ribonucleoside hydrolase (misleading) nucleoside hydrolase (misleading) N-ribosyl purine ribohydrolase nucleosidase g N-D-ribosylpurine ribohydrolase inosine-adenosine-guanosine preferring nucleoside hydrolase purine-specific nucleoside N-ribohydrolase IAG-nucleoside hydrolase IAG-NH
EC Classification	3.2.2.1
Classification	Hydrolases Glycosidases Hydrolysing N-glycosyl compounds
Catalyses reactions	H2O + Adenosine <-> Adenine + D-Ribose H2O + Inosine <-> Hypoxanthine + D-Ribose H2O + Guanosine <-> Guanine + D-Ribose H2O + Xanthosine <-> D-Ribose + Xanthine H2O + N-Ribosylnicotinamide <-> D-Ribose + Nicotinamide H2O + Purine nucleoside <-> D-Ribose + Purine
External links	Expasy KEGG IntEnz (EBI) IUBMB Reactome HepatoSys
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