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3.5.3.11

Accepted name:

agmatinase

Reaction:

agmatine + H₂O = putrescine + urea

For diagram of arginine catabolism, click here

Glossary:

agmatine = (4-aminobutyl)guanidine
putrescine = butane-1,4-diamine

Other name(s):

agmatine ureohydrolase; SpeB

Systematic name:

agmatine amidinohydrolase

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37289-16-0

References:

1.	Hirshfeld, I.N., Rosenfeld, H.J., Leifer, Z. and Maas, W.K. Isolation and characterization of a mutant of Escherichia coli blocked in the synthesis of putrescine. J. Bacteriol. 101 (1970) 725–730. [PMID: 4908780]
2.	Vicente, C. and Legaz, M.E. Preparation and properties of agmatine amidinohydrolase of Evernia prunastri. Physiol. Plant. 55 (1982) 335–339.

[EC 3.5.3.11 created 1972]