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bifunctional enzyme

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bifunctional enzyme
an enzyme containing two distinct catalytic capacities in the same polypeptide chain, e.g. phosphofructokinase II and fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase, which controls the concentration of fructose-2,6-bisP, the major allosteric regulator of glycolysis (+ve) and gluconeogenesis (−ve).


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Human polynucleotide kinase (hPNK) is a bifunctional enzyme with DNA 5-kinase and 3-phosphatase activities (3, 4).
Mammalian polynucleotide kinase (PNK)3/phosphatase is a bifunctional enzyme that can phosphorylate 5'-OH termini and dephosphorylate 3'-phosphate termini of DNA (6, 7).
Bifunctional enzyme 6'-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase-2"-O-aminoglycoside phosphotransferase in Lactobacillus and Pediococcus isolates of animal origin.
 
 
 
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