Term Name: pyrophosphatase activity
Synonyms:
Definition: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond (diphosphate bond) between two phosphate groups.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0016462]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: hydrolase activity, acting on acid anhydrides, in phosphorus-containing anhydrides
has subtype: 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine diphosphatase activity 5'-(N(7)-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-[mRNA] diphosphatase activity 5'-(N(7)-methylguanosine 5'-triphospho)-[mRNA] hydrolase activity 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase activity acylphosphatase activity adenosine-tetraphosphatase activity ADP-ribose diphosphatase activity ADP-sugar diphosphatase activity all-trans-phytoene synthase activity apyrase activity bis(5'-adenosyl)-hexaphosphatase activity bis(5'-adenosyl)-pentaphosphatase activity bis(5'-adenosyl)-triphosphatase activity bis(5'-nucleosyl)-tetraphosphatase activity CDP-diacylglycerol diphosphatase activity CDP-glycerol diphosphatase activity coenzyme A diphosphatase activity diacylglycerol diphosphate phosphatase activity dihydroneopterin triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase activity dinucleotide phosphatase activity diphosphoinositol-polyphosphate diphosphatase activity DNA-3'-diphospho-5'-guanosine diphosphatase endopolyphosphatase activity exopolyphosphatase activity GDP-mannose hydrolase activity guanosine-5'-triphosphate,3'-diphosphate diphosphatase activity inorganic diphosphate phosphatase activity inorganic triphosphate phosphatase activity isoprenoid diphosphate phosphatase activity mRNA 5'-diphosphatase activity mRNA 5'-triphosphate monophosphatase activity nucleoside diphosphate phosphatase activity nucleoside triphosphate diphosphatase activity oligosaccharide-diphosphodolichol diphosphatase activity phosphoribosyl-ATP diphosphatase activity ribonucleoside triphosphate phosphatase activity RNA NAD-cap (NMN-forming) hydrolase activity thiamine diphosphate phosphatase activity thiamine triphosphate phosphatase activity UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase activity UDP-sugar diphosphatase activity