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In enzymology, an agmatinase (EC 3.5.3.11) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

agmatine + H2O putrescine + urea

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are agmatine and H2O, whereas its two products are putrescine and urea.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amidines. The systematic name of this enzyme class is agmatine amidinohydrolase. Other names in common use include agmatine ureohydrolase, and SpeB. This enzyme participates in urea cycle and metabolism of amino groups.

Genetics

In humans, the enzyme is encoded by the AGMAT gene.[5][6][7][8]

Structural studies

As of late 2007, 5 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1GQ6, 1GQ7, 1WOG, 1WOH, and 1WOI.

Inhibitors

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116771Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000040706Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Mistry SK, Burwell TJ, Chambers RM, Rudolph-Owen L, Spaltmann F, Cook WJ, Morris SM Jr (Jan 2002). "Cloning of human agmatinase. An alternate path for polyamine synthesis induced in liver by hepatitis B virus". Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 282 (2): G375–81. doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00386.2001. PMID 11804860.
  6. ^ Dallmann K, Junker H, Balabanov S, Zimmermann U, Giebel J, Walther R (Dec 2003). "Human agmatinase is diminished in the clear cell type of renal cell carcinoma". Int J Cancer. 108 (3): 342–7. doi:10.1002/ijc.11459. PMID 14648699. S2CID 31927397.
  7. ^ Iyer RK, Kim HK, Tsoa RW, Grody WW, Cederbaum SD (Mar 2002). "Cloning and characterization of human agmatinase". Mol Genet Metab. 75 (3): 209–18. doi:10.1006/mgme.2001.3277. PMID 11914032.
  8. ^ "Entrez Gene: AGMAT agmatine ureohydrolase (agmatinase)".

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