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Literature summary for 3.5.3.1 extracted from

  • Nkechi, E.E.; Kayode, A.F.
    Purification and characterization of fruit bat (Eidolon helvum, Kerr) liver arginase (2007), Int. J. Biol. Chem., 1, 11-20.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Ba2+ 80% residual activity at 1.5 mM Eidolon helvum
Co2+ 84% residual activity at 1.5 mM Eidolon helvum
Fe2+ 78% residual activity at 1.5 mM Eidolon helvum
Mg2+ 64% residual activity at 1.5 mM Eidolon helvum
Ni2+ 83% residual activity at 1.5 mM Eidolon helvum

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
17
-
L-arginine
-
Eidolon helvum

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
34000
-
1 * 34000 + 1 * 52000, SDS-PAGE Eidolon helvum
52000
-
1 * 34000 + 1 * 52000, SDS-PAGE Eidolon helvum
80000
-
gel filtration Eidolon helvum
86000
-
SDS-PAGE Eidolon helvum

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
L-arginine + H2O Eidolon helvum
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L-ornithine + urea
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Eidolon helvum
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fruit bat
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, CM-Sephadex column chromatography, and Bio-Gel P-100 gel filtration Eidolon helvum

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
liver
-
Eidolon helvum
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
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the purified enzyme shows a specific activity of 36.7 U/mg at 37°C Eidolon helvum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-arginine + H2O
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Eidolon helvum L-ornithine + urea
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
heterodimer 1 * 34000 + 1 * 52000, SDS-PAGE Eidolon helvum

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
L-arginine amidohydrolase
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Eidolon helvum
L-arginine ureahydrolase
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Eidolon helvum

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
60
-
-
Eidolon helvum

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
60
-
activity drops rapidly above 60°C Eidolon helvum

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
9
-
-
Eidolon helvum