Reaction: L-arginine + H2O = L-ornithine + urea
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Other name(s): arginine amidinase; canavanase; L-arginase; arginine transamidinase
Systematic name: L-arginine amidinohydrolase
Comments: Also hydrolyses α-N-substituted L-arginines and canavanine.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9000-96-8
References:
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4. Greenberg, D.M. Arginase, in Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds.), The Enzymes, 2nd edn., vol. 4, Academic Press, New York, 1960, pp. 257-267.
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