Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | Q96KN2 | - |
- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
blood | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
urine | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
anserine + H2O | - |
Homo sapiens | beta-Ala + Ntau-methyl-L-histidine | - |
? | |
L-carnosine + H2O | - |
Homo sapiens | beta-Ala + His | - |
? |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
serum carnosinase | - |
Homo sapiens |
Temperature Optimum [°C] | Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
37 | - |
assay at | Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
metabolism | carnosine and anserine are mainly hydrolyzed by carnosinase, a low but significant amount is excreted in the urine. Carnosine reaches a steady state of very low concentration in serum, while anserine sustains higher concentrations than that of carnosine due to its greater stability vis-a-vis carnosinase after ingesting histidine-dipeptide rich diet | Homo sapiens |