Tags: Enzyme.
M7GpppX diphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.59 DcpS m7GpppX pyrophosphatase m7GpppN m7GMP phosphohydrolase) is an enzyme with system name m7G5’ppp5’N m7GMP phosphohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (1) m7G5’ppp5’N(3’ppp5’N)n + H2O 7-methylguanosine 5′-phosphate + pp5’N(3’ppp5’N)n (2) 7-methylguanosine 5′-diphosphate + H2O 7-methylguanosine 5′-phosphate + phosphateDecapping is a process in the control of eukaryotic mRNA degradation.