Reaction: N2-succinyl-L-arginine + 2 H2O = N2-succinyl-L-ornithine + 2 NH3 + CO2
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Other name(s): N2-succinylarginine dihydrolase; arginine succinylhydrolase; SADH; AruB; AstB
Systematic name: N2-succinyl-L-arginine iminohydrolase (decarboxylating)
Comments: Arginine, N2-acetylarginine and N2-glutamylarginine do not act as substrates [3]. This is the second enzyme in the arginine succinyltransferase (AST) pathway for the catabolism of arginine [1]. This pathway converts the carbon skeleton of arginine into glutamate, with the concomitant production of ammonia and conversion of succinyl-CoA into succinate and CoA. The five enzymes involved in this pathway are EC 2.3.1.109 (arginine N-succinyltransferase), EC 3.5.3.23 (N-succinylarginine dihydrolase), EC 2.6.1.81 (succinylornithine transaminase), EC 1.2.1.71 (succinylglutamate semialdehyde dehydrogenase) and EC 3.5.1.96 (succinylglutamate desuccinylase).
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References:
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5. Itoh, Y. Cloning and characterization of the aru genes encoding enzymes of the catabolic arginine succinyltransferase pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Bacteriol. 179 (1997) 7280-7290. [PMID: 9393691]