Reaction: (2S)-2-acetamido-4-aminobutanoate + H2O = L-2,4-diaminobutanoate + acetate
Other name(s): doeB (gene name)
Systematic name: (2S)-2-acetamido-4-aminobutanoate amidohydrolase
Comments: The enzyme, found in bacteria, has no activity with (2S)-2-acetamido-4-aminobutanoate (cf. EC 3.5.4.44, ectoine hydrolase).
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References:
1. Schwibbert, K., Marin-Sanguino, A., Bagyan, I., Heidrich, G., Lentzen, G., Seitz, H., Rampp, M., Schuster, S.C., Klenk, H.P., Pfeiffer, F., Oesterhelt, D. and Kunte, H.J. A blueprint of ectoine metabolism from the genome of the industrial producer Halomonas elongata DSM 2581 T. Environ. Microbiol. 13 (2011) 1973-1994. [PMID: 20849449]