Urethanase

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In enzymology, an urethanase (EC 3.5.1.75) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

urethane + H₂O ethanol + CO₂ + NH₃

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are urethane and H₂O, whereas its 3 products are ethanol, CO₂, and NH₃.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is urethane amidohydrolase (decarboxylating). This enzyme is also called urethane hydrolase.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 3.5.1.75
• BRENDA references for 3.5.1.75 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 3.5.1.75
• PubMed Central references for 3.5.1.75
• Google Scholar references for 3.5.1.75
• Kobashi K, Takebe S, Sakai T (Tokyo). "Urethane-hydrolyzing enzyme from Citrobacter sp". Chem. Pharm. Bull.: 1326–8. PMID 2393957. 

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 122007-70-9.

• IUBMB entry for 3.5.1.75

• KEGG entry for 3.5.1.75

• BRENDA entry for 3.5.1.75

• NiceZyme view of 3.5.1.75

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 3.5.1.75

• PRIAM entry for 3.5.1.75

• PUMA2 entry for 3.5.1.75

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 3.5.1.75

• MetaCyc entry for 3.5.1.75

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0050387: urethanase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0050387: urethanase