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. 1995 Nov 1;311(Pt 3):717–721. doi: 10.1042/bj3110717

Human diadenosine 5',5"'-P1,P4-tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase is a member of the MutT family of nucleotide pyrophosphatases.

N M Thorne 1, S Hankin 1, M C Wilkinson 1, C Nuñez 1, R Barraclough 1, A G McLennan 1
PMCID: PMC1136061  PMID: 7487923

Abstract

The cDNA and derived amino acid sequence of human diadenosine 5',5"'-P1,P4-tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase have been determined with the aid of the GenBank Expressed Sequence Tag database. This enzyme possesses a modification of the MutT sequence motif found in certain nucleotide pyrophosphatases. It is unrelated to the enzymes of diadenosine tetraphosphate catabolism found in prokaryotes and fungi.

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