Agmatinase

Enzyme found in humans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

 
H2O
 
Reversible left-right reaction arrow with minor forward substrate(s) from top left and minor reverse product(s) to bottom left
H2O
 
 
+
 

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. This enzyme participates in urea cycle and metabolism of amino groups.

Genetics

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AGMAT
Identifiers
AliasesAGMAT, Agmatinase
External IDsOMIM: 617887; MGI: 1923236; HomoloGene: 99855; GeneCards: AGMAT; OMA:AGMAT - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024758

NM_001081408
NM_001378862

RefSeq (protein)

NP_079034

NP_001074877
NP_001365791

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 15.57 – 15.59 MbChr 4: 141.47 – 141.49 Mb
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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

  • Piperazine-1-carboxamidine

References

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