Reaction: 3-guanidinopropanoate + H2O = β-alanine + urea
Other name(s): GPase; GPH
Systematic name: 3-guanidinopropanoate amidinopropionase
Comments: Requires Mn2+. Also acts, more slowly, on taurocyamine and 4-guanidinobutanoate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 68821-77-2
References:
1. Yorifuji, T., Sugai, I., Matsumoto, H. and Tabuchi, A. Characterization of 3-guanidinopropionate amidinohydrolase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a comparative study with 4- guanidinobutyrate amidinohydrolase from another Pseudomonas. Agric. Biol. Chem. 46 (1982) 1361-1363.