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Phosphorylase
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Biochemistry/fa2pWEBp">biochemistry</a>, phosphorylases are <a href="/facts/Enzymes/DSI1Fh7y">enzymes</a> that <a href="/facts/Catalysis/LPBS7TQC">catalyze</a> the addition of a <a href="/facts/Phosphate/FDGVCxUG">phosphate</a> group from an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic</a> phosphate (phosphate+<a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a>) to an acceptor. </p> A-B + P ⇌ A + P-B <p>They include <a href="/facts/Allosteric_regulation/alMRuyt9">allosteric</a> enzymes that catalyze the production of <a href="/facts/Glucose-1-phosphate/fYHcfFcs">glucose-1-phosphate</a> from a <a href="/facts/Glucan/SGarVY1s">glucan</a> such as <a href="/facts/Glycogen/kWa8fPFE">glycogen</a>, <a href="/facts/Starch/gHAqGfJb">starch</a> or <a href="/facts/Maltodextrin/3kyNfdDS">maltodextrin</a>. </p><p>Phosphorylase is also a common name used for <a href="/facts/Glycogen_phosphorylase/Hhep1hRQ">glycogen phosphorylase</a> in honor of <a href="/facts/Earl_Wilbur_Sutherland_Jr./unMglMPB">Earl W. Sutherland Jr.</a>, who in the late 1930s discovered it as the first phosphorylase. </p>