EC 3 - Hydrolases
EC 3.5 - Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
EC 3.5.4 - In cyclic amidines
EC 3.5.4.3 - Guanine deaminase
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.5.4.3
Names
Accepted name:
guanine deaminase
Other
names:
GAH
guanase
guanine aminase
guanase
guanine aminase
Systematic name:
guanine aminohydrolase
Reaction
- guanine + H2O = xanthine + NH3
Links to other databases
Enzymes and pathways:
NC-IUBMB
,
BRENDA
,
ERGO
,
ExplorEnz
,
ENZYME@ExPASy
,
KEGG
,
MetaCyc
,
UniPathway
Gene Ontology:
GO:0008892
CAS Registry Number:
9033-16-3
References
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The identification of guanine in extracts of Girella nigricans. The specificity of guanase.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 30 : 294-297 (1944).
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Differential spectrophotometry of purine compounds by means of specific enzymes. III. Studies of the enzymes of purine metabolism.J. Biol. Chem. 167 : 461-475 (1947).
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Purine fermentation by Clostridium cylindrosporum. II. Purine transformations.J. Biol. Chem. 218 : 161-173 (1956).
[EC 3.5.4.3 created 1961]