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Also known as nucleotide phosphohydrolase, acid nucleotidase, deoxyinosine-activated nucleotidase (DIAN), nucleotide-specific phosphatase, deoxyribonucleoside-activated nucleotidase (DAN), nucleotidases

A nucleotidase is a hydrolytic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide into a nucleoside and a phosphate. A nucleotide + H2O = a nucleoside + phosphate For example, it converts adenosine monophosphate to adenosine, and guanosine monophosphate to guanosine.

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phosphatase
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3.1.3.5
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A nucleotidase is a hydrolytic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide into a nucleoside and a phosphate. A nucleotide + H2O = a nucleoside + phosphate For example, it converts adenosine monophosphate to adenosine, and guanosine monophosphate to guanosine.

Nucleotidases have an important function in digestion in that they break down consumed nucleic acids.

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