Glycogen phosphorylase, muscle form
BE0000916ProteinHumansPYGM
Allosteric enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycogen catabolism, the phosphorolytic cleavage of glycogen to produce glucose-1-phosphate, and plays a central role in maintaining cellular and organismal glucose homeostasis. It is acted on by 56 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- PYGM
- UniProtKB entry
- P11217Swiss-Prot
- Residues / weight
- 842 residues · 97,091 Da
- Also known as
- 2.4.1.1 · Myophosphorylase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Structure
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Glycogen phosphorylase, muscle form, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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