View source for Biology:N-carbamoyl-L-amino-acid hydrolase

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| Name       = N-carbamoyl-L-amino-acid hydrolase
| EC_number  = 3.5.1.87
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| GO_code    = 0050538
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In [[Biology:Enzymology|enzymology]], a '''N-carbamoyl-L-amino-acid hydrolase''' ({{EC number|3.5.1.87}}) is an [[Biology:Enzyme|enzyme]] that [[Chemistry:Catalysis|catalyzes]] the [[Chemistry:Chemical reaction|chemical reaction]]

:N-carbamoyl-L-2-amino acid (a 2-ureido carboxylate) + H<sub>2</sub>O <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> L-2-amino acid + NH<sub>3</sub> + CO<sub>2</sub>

Thus, the two [[Biology:Substrate (biochemistry)|substrates]] of this enzyme are N-carbamoyl-L-2-amino acid and [[Chemistry:Water|H<sub>2</sub>O]], whereas its 3 [[Chemistry:Product|products]] are L-2-amino acid, [[Chemistry:Ammonia|NH<sub>3</sub>]], and [[Chemistry:Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]].

This enzyme belongs to the family of [[Biology:Hydrolase|hydrolase]]s, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides.  The [[Biology:List of enzymes|systematic name]] of this enzyme class is '''N-carbamoyl-L-amino acid amidohydrolase'''.

==References==
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = Ogawa J, Miyake H, Shimizu S | date = 1995 | title = Purification and characterization of N-carbamoyl-L-amino acid amidohydrolase with broad substrate specificity from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans | journal = Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.  | volume = 43 | pages = 1039&ndash;43  | pmid = 8590654 | doi = 10.1007/BF00166922 | issue = 6 }}

{{Carbon-nitrogen non-peptide hydrolases}}
{{Enzymes}}

[[Category:EC 3.5.1]]
[[Category:Enzymes of unknown structure]]



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