Agmatine deiminase
| agmatine deiminase | |||||||||
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ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In
- agmatine + H2O N-carbamoylputrescine + NH3
Thus, the two
substrates of this enzyme are agmatine and H2O, whereas its two products are N-carbamoylputrescine and NH3
.
This enzyme belongs to the family of
urea cycle and metabolism of amino groups
.
Structural studies
As of late 2007, 4
structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1VKP, 2EWO, 2JER, and 2Q3U
.
References
- Smith TA (1969). "Agmatine iminohydrolase in maize". .
- Srivenugopal KS, Adiga PR (1981). "Enzymic conversion of agmatine to putrescine in Lathyrus sativus seedlings. Purification and properties of a multifunctional enzyme (putrescine synthase)". J. Biol. Chem. 256 (18): 9532–41. PMID 6895223.
