:Alpha-D-ribose 1-methylphosphonate 5-triphosphate synthase

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| Name = Alpha-D-ribose 1-methylphosphonate 5-triphosphate synthase

| EC_number = 2.7.8.37

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Alpha-D-ribose 1-methylphosphonate 5-triphosphate synthase ({{EC number|2.7.8.37}}) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:methylphosphonate 5-triphosphoribosyltransferase.{{cite journal | vauthors = Kamat SS, Williams HJ, Raushel FM | title = Intermediates in the transformation of phosphonates to phosphate by bacteria | journal = Nature | volume = 480 | issue = 7378 | pages = 570–3 | date = November 2011 | pmid = 22089136 | pmc = 3245791 | doi = 10.1038/nature10622 }} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: ATP + methylphosphonate \rightleftharpoons alpha-D-ribose 1-methylphosphonate 5-triphosphate + adenine

This enzyme is isolated from the bacterium Escherichia coli.

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