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EC 1.17.99.4 Details
EC number
1.17.99.4
Accepted name
uracil/thymine dehydrogenase
Reaction
(1) uracil + H2O + acceptor = barbiturate + reduced acceptor;;(2) thymine + H2O + acceptor = 5-methylbarbiturate + reduced acceptor
Other name(s)
uracil oxidase, uracil-thymine oxidase, uracil dehydrogenase
Systematic name
uracil:acceptor oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9029-00-9
Comment
Forms part of the oxidative pyrimidine-degrading pathway in some microorganisms, along with EC 3.5.2.1 (barbiturase) and EC 3.5.1.95 (N-malonylurea hydrolase). Mammals, plants and other microorganisms utilize the reductive pathway, comprising EC 1.3.1.1 [dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (NAD+)] or EC 1.3.1.2 [dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (NADP+)], EC 3.5.2.2 (dihydropyrimidinase) and EC 3.5.1.6 (β-ureidopropionase), with the ultimate degradation products being an L-amino acid, NH3 and CO2 [5].
History
created 1961 as EC 1.2.99.1, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.99.19, transferred 2006 to EC 1.17.99.4
EC Tree
1.1.1.68 created 1965, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 1.1.99.15, deleted 1980]
1.1.1.70 created 1965, deleted 1978
1.1.1.74 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.89 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.109 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.139 created 1972, deleted 1978
1.1.1.155 created 1976, deleted 2004
1.1.1.171 created 1978, deleted 1984
1.1.1.180 created 1983, deleted 1984
1.1.1.182 created 1983, deleted 1990
1.1.1.204 created 1972 as EC 1.2.1.37, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.1.204, modified 1989, deleted 2004
1.1.1.242 created 1992, deleted 2001
1.1.1.249 provisional version created 1999, deleted 1999 (reinstated 2001 as EC 2.5.1.46)
1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003