Phosphorylase

An enzyme that aids the process of carbohydrate metabolism.


Any enzyme that catalyzes the combination of an organic molecule (usually glucose) with a phosphate group. Phosphorylase is found in the liver and kidney, where it is involved in the breakdown of glycogen to glucose- 1 -phosphate.


An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen.


 


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