Enzyme - EC 3.5.3.1 - Arginase
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EC
3.5.3.1
Official Name
Arginase
Alternative Name(s)
Arginine amidinase
Canavanase
Canavanase
Class
3.Hydrolases
5.Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
3.In linear amidines
5.Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
3.In linear amidines
Catalysed reaction
L-arginine + H2O 
L-ornithine
+ urea
L-ornithine
+ ureaSubstrates
L-arginine
a-N-Substituted L-arginine
Canavanine
H2O
a-N-Substituted L-arginine
Canavanine
H2O
Products
urea
Cofactor(s)
Manganese
Metabolic Pathways
Other comments
Also hydrolyzes alpha-N-substituted L-arginines and canavanine.
Belongs to a group of evolutionary related enzymes. These enzymes are proteins of about 300 amino-acid residues. Three conserved
regions that contain charged residues which are involved in the binding of the
two manganese ions can be used as signature patterns.
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