Nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase
In enzymology, a nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 2-deoxy-D-ribosyl-base1 and base2, whereas its two products are 2-deoxy-D-ribosyl-base2 and base1.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the pentosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is nucleoside:purine deoxy-D-ribosyltransferase. Other names in common use include purine nucleoside:purine deoxyribosyl, transferase, deoxyribose transferase, nucleoside trans-N-deoxyribosylase, trans-deoxyribosylase, trans-N-deoxyribosylase, trans-N-glycosidase, nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase I , nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase II . This enzyme participates in pyrimidine metabolism.