uncharacterized subfamily of alkaline phosphatase, homologous to 2 3 bisphosphoglycerate independent phosphoglycerate mutase (iPGM) and bacterial phosphopentomutases
The proteins in this subfamily of alkaline phosphatase are not characterized. Their sequences show similarity to 2 3 bisphosphoglycerate independent phosphoglycerate mutase (iPGM) which catalyzes the interconversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate, and to bacterial phosphopentomutases (PPMs) which interconvert alpha-D-ribose 5-phosphate (ribose 5-phosphate) and alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate (ribose 1-phosphate).