Reaction: 4-guanidinobutanoate + H2O = 4-aminobutanoate + urea
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Glossary: 4-aminobutanoate = γ-aminobutyrate = GABA
Other name(s): γ-guanidobutyrase; 4-guanidinobutyrate amidinobutyrase; γ-guanidinobutyrate amidinohydrolase; G-Base; GBH; guanidinobutyrate ureahydrolase
Systematic name: 4-guanidinobutanoate amidinohydrolase
Comments: Requires Mn2+. Also acts, very slowly, on 5-guanidinopentanoate and 6-guanidinohexanoate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9013-69-8
References:
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3. Yorifuji, T., Kato, M., Kobayashi, T., Ozaki, S. and Ueno, S. 4-Guanidinobutyrate amidinohydrolase from Pseudomonas sp ATCC 14676: purification to homogeneity and properties. Agric. Biol. Chem. 44 (1980) 1127-1134.
4. Yorifuji, T., Kobayashi, T., Tabuchi, A., Shiritani, Y. and Yonaha, K. Distribution of amidinohydrolases among Pseudomonas and comparative studies of some purified enzymes by one-dimensional peptide mapping. Agric. Biol. Chem. 47 (1983) 2825-2830.