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EC 3.5.3.21 Details
EC number
3.5.3.21
Accepted name
methylenediurea deaminase
Reaction
methylenediurea + 2 H2O = N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + 2 NH3 + CO2 (overall reaction);;(1a) methylenediurea + H2O = N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea + NH3;;(1b) N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea = N-(aminomethyl)urea + CO2 (spontaneous);;(1c) N-(aminomethyl)urea + H2O = N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + NH3 (spontaneous)
Other name(s)
methylenediurease
Systematic name
methylenediurea aminohydrolase
CAS registry number
205830-62-2
Comment
Methylenediurea is hydrolysed and decarboxylated to give an aminated methylurea, which then spontaneously hydrolyses to hydroxymethylurea. The enzyme from Ochrobactrum anthropi also hydrolyses dimethylenetriurea and trimethylenetetraurea as well as ureidoglycolate, which is hydrolysed to urea and glyoxylate, and allantoate, which is hydrolysed to ureidoglycolate, ammonia and carbon dioxide.
History
created 1999
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