ENTRY       EC 3.5.3.7
NAME        Guanidinobutyrase
CLASS       Hydrolases
            Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
            In linear amidines
SYSNAME     4-Guanidinobutanoate amidinohydrolase
REACTION    4-Guanidinobutanoate + H2O = 4-Aminobutanoate + Urea
SUBSTRATE   4-Guanidinobutanoate
            H2O
PRODUCT     4-Aminobutanoate
            Urea
COFACTOR    Manganese
COMMENT     Requires Mn2+. Also acts, very slowly, on 5-guanidinopentanoate
            and 6-guanidinohexanoate.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00330  Arginine and proline metabolism
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.5.3.7
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.5.3.7
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