Information on EC 3.5.3.21 - methylenediurea deaminase

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Methylenediurea is hydrolysed and decarboxylated to give an aminated methylurea, which then spontaneously hydrolyses to hydroxymethylurea. The enzyme from Ochrobactrum anthropi also hydrolyses dimethylenetriurea and trimethylenetetraurea as well as ureidoglycolate, which is hydrolysed to urea and glyoxylate, and allantoate, which is hydrolysed to ureidoglycolate, ammonia and carbon dioxide.
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The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms
Synonyms
Deiminase, methylenediurea, MDUase, Methylenediurea deiminase, Methylenediurease, more
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methylenediurea + 2 H2O = N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + 2 NH3 + CO2
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The product N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea decomposes spontaneously into CO2, NH3, formaldehyde and urea according to the reactions: (1) N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea = N-(aminomethyl)urea + CO2 (2) N-(aminomethyl)urea + H2O = N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + NH3 (3) N-(hydroxymethyl)urea = urea + formaldehyde
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methylenediurea + H2O = N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea + NH3
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N-(aminomethyl)urea + H2O = N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + NH3
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spontaneous
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N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea = N-(aminomethyl)urea + CO2
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spontaneous
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