EC 3 - Hydrolases
EC 3.5 - Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
EC 3.5.3 - In linear amidines
EC 3.5.3.11 - Agmatinase
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.5.3.11
Names
Accepted name:
agmatinase
Other
names:
agmatine ureohydrolase
SpeB
SpeB
Systematic name:
agmatine amidinohydrolase
Reaction
- agmatine + H2O = putrescine + urea
Links to other databases
Enzymes and pathways:
NC-IUBMB
,
BRENDA
,
DIAGRAM
,
ExplorEnz
,
ENZYME@ExPASy
,
KEGG
,
MetaCyc
,
UniPathway
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00135
Gene Ontology:
GO:0008783
CAS Registry Number:
37289-16-0
References
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Isolation and characterization of a mutant of Escherichia coli blocked in the synthesis of putrescine.J. Bacteriol. 101 : 725-730 (1970). [PMID: 4908780]
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Preparation and properties of agmatine amidinohydrolase of Evernia prunastri.Physiol. Plant. 55 : 335-339 (1982).
[EC 3.5.3.11 created 1972]