UmpH/NagD family phosphatase, similar to Escherichia coli UmpH UMP phosphatase/NagD nucleotide phosphatase and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1692 glycerol 3-phosphate phosphatase
Escherichia coli UmpH/NagD is a ribonucleoside tri-, di-, and monophosphatase with a preference for purines, it shows peak activity with UMP and functions in UMP-degradation. It is also an effective phosphatase with AMP, GMP and CMP. Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphatase, Rv1692 is a glycerol 3-phosphate phosphatase. Rv1692 is the final enzyme involved in glycerophospholipid recycling/catabolism. This subfamily belongs to the UmpH/NagD phosphatase family, and to the haloacid dehalogenase-like (HAD) hydrolases, a large superfamily of diverse enzymes that catalyze carbon or phosphoryl group transfer reactions on a range of substrates, using an active site aspartate in nucleophilic catalysis. Members of this superfamily include 2-L-haloalkanoic acid dehalogenase, azetidine hydrolase, phosphonoacetaldehyde hydrolase, phosphoserine phosphatase, phosphomannomutase, P-type ATPases and many others. HAD hydrolases are found in all three kingdoms of life, and most genomes are predicted to contain multiple HAD-like proteins. Members possess a highly conserved alpha/beta core domain, and many also possess a small cap domain, the fold and function of which is variable. HAD hydrolases are sometimes referred to as belonging to the DDDD superfamily of phosphohydrolases.