| EC |
3.5.3.2 |
| Accepted name: |
guanidinoacetase |
| Reaction: |
guanidinoacetate + H2O = glycine + urea |
| Other name(s): |
glycocyaminase |
| Systematic name: |
guanidinoacetate amidinohydrolase |
| Comments: |
Requires Mn2+. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9024-92-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Roche, J., Lacombe, G. and Girard, H. Sur la spécificité de certaines déguanidases bactériennes génératrices d’urée et sur l’argininedihydrolase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 6 (1950) 210–216. [PMID: 14791411] |
| 2. |
Yorifuji, T., Tamai, H. and Usami, H. Purification, crystallization and properties of Mn2+ dependent guanidoacetate amidinohydrolase from a Pseudomonas. Agric. Biol. Chem. 41 (1977) 959–966. |
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