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4.3.1.3: histidine ammonia-lyase

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about histidine ammonia-lyase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 4.3.1.3

Reaction

L-histidine
=
Urocanate
+
NH3

Synonyms

ammonia-lyase, histidine, HAL, HAL1, Hal2, histidase, histidase, Hut, histidinase, histidinase-2, histidine alpha-deaminase, histidine ammonia lyase, histidine ammonia-lyase, histidine ammonia-lyase 2, histidine deaminase, L-HAL, L-histidase, L-histidine NH3-lyase

ECTree

     4 Lyases
         4.3 Carbon-nitrogen lyases
             4.3.1 Ammonia-lyases
                4.3.1.3 histidine ammonia-lyase

Systematic Name

Systematic Name on EC 4.3.1.3 - histidine ammonia-lyase

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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
L-histidine ammonia-lyase (urocanate-forming)
This enzyme is a member of the aromatic amino acid lyase family, other members of which are EC 4.3.1.23 (tyrosine ammonia-lyase), EC 4.3.1.24 (phenylalanine ammonia-lyase) and EC 4.3.1.25 (phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia-lyase). The enzyme contains the cofactor 3,5-dihydro-5-methylidene-4H-imidazol-4-one (MIO), which is common to this family [4]. This unique cofactor is formed autocatalytically by cyclization and dehydration of the three amino-acid residues alanine, serine and glycine [5]. This enzyme catalyses the first step in the degradation of histidine and the product, urocanic acid, is further metabolized to glutamate [2,3].