A group of enzymes within the class EC 3.6.1.- that catalyze the hydrolysis of diphosphate bonds, chiefly in nucleoside di- and triphosphates. They may liberate either a mono- or diphosphate. EC 3.6.1.-.
Pyrophosphatase
D011756
Diphosphates
Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid that contain two phosphate groups.