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EC 3.5.4.44 Details
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3.5.4.44
Accepted name
ectoine hydrolase
Reaction
ectoine + H2O = (2S)-2-acetamido-4-aminobutanoate
Other name(s)
doeA (gene name)
Systematic name
ectoine aminohydrolase
Comment
The enzyme, found in some halophilic bacteria, is involved in the degradation of the compatible solute ectoine. The enzyme, which belongs to peptidase family M24, only acts in the direction of ectoine hydrolysis. It also produces smaller amounts of (2S)-4-acetamido-2-aminobutanoate, which is recycled back to ectoine by EC 4.2.1.108, ectoine synthase.
History
created 2017
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.14.14.2 created 1972, deleted 1976 1.14.14.4 created 2000, deleted 2002
