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Literature summary for 1.17.99.4 extracted from

  • Wang, T.P.; Lampen, J.O.
    Uracil oxidase and the isolation of barbituric acid from uracil oxidation (1952), J. Biol. Chem., 194, 785-791.
    View publication on PubMed

Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
methylene blue required as electron acceptor Aerobic soil bacterium

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
cytoplasm
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Aerobic soil bacterium 5737
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Aerobic soil bacterium
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-
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Aerobic soil bacterium U-1
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-
-

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-20°C, 80% loss of activity in crude extracts within two months Aerobic soil bacterium

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
5-aminouracil + acceptor
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Aerobic soil bacterium ?
-
?
5-aminouracil + acceptor
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Aerobic soil bacterium U-1 ?
-
?
thymine + acceptor
-
Aerobic soil bacterium 5-methylbarbiturate + reduced acceptor
-
?
thymine + acceptor
-
Aerobic soil bacterium U-1 5-methylbarbiturate + reduced acceptor
-
?
uracil + acceptor barbiturate, isobarbiturate, 5-methylbarbiturate, 6-methyluracil, dihydrothymine, dihydrouracil, 2-thiouracil, 2-thiothymine, 2-thio-5-methyluracil and cytosine are no substrates Aerobic soil bacterium barbiturate + reduced acceptor
-
?
uracil + acceptor acceptor: 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol or methylene blue act as artificial electron acceptors, O2 only in the presence of methylene blue Aerobic soil bacterium barbiturate + reduced acceptor
-
?
uracil + acceptor barbiturate, isobarbiturate, 5-methylbarbiturate, 6-methyluracil, dihydrothymine, dihydrouracil, 2-thiouracil, 2-thiothymine, 2-thio-5-methyluracil and cytosine are no substrates Aerobic soil bacterium U-1 barbiturate + reduced acceptor
-
?
uracil + acceptor acceptor: 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol or methylene blue act as artificial electron acceptors, O2 only in the presence of methylene blue Aerobic soil bacterium U-1 barbiturate + reduced acceptor
-
?

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
30
-
assay at Aerobic soil bacterium

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
additional information no oxidation in the presence of O2 without methylene blue as electron acceptor Aerobic soil bacterium