Reaction: creatine + H2O = sarcosine + urea
For diagram of reaction click here.
Systematic name: creatine amidinohydrolase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37340-58-2
References:
1. Roche, J., Lacombe, G. and Girard, H. Sur la spécificité de certaines déguanidases bactériennes génératrices d'urée et sur l'argininedihydrolase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 6 (1950) 210-216.
2. Yoshimoto, T., Oka, I. and Tsuru, D. Purification, crystallization, and some properties of creatine amidinohydrolase from Pseudomonas putida. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 79 (1976) 1381-1383. [PMID: 8443]