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IPR035085

Urocanase, Rossmann-like domain

InterPro entry
Short nameUrocanase_Rossmann-like
Overlapping
homologous
superfamilies
 

Description

This entry represents the central domain, with a rossmann-like fold, found in Urocanase. It is found also in S-methyl thiourocanate hydratase which cannot use urocanate or thiourocanate as substrate and catalyses the conversion of S-methyl thiourocanate, to S-methyl-thiohydantoin-5-propanoate
[3]
.

Urocanase
[2]
(also known as imidazolonepropionate hydrolase or urocanate hydratase) is the enzyme that catalyses the second step in the degradation of histidine, the hydration of urocanate into imidazolonepropionate:

urocanate + H2O = 4,5-dihydro-4-oxo-5-imidazolepropanoate

Urocanase is found in some bacteria (gene hutU)
[1]
, in the liver of many vertebrates, and has also been found in the plant Trifolium repens (white clover). Urocanase is a protein of about 60 Kd, it binds tightly to NAD+and uses it as an electrophil cofactor. A conserved cysteine has been found to be important for the catalytic mechanism and could be involved in the binding of the NAD+.

References

1.Urocanase and N-formimino-L-glutamate formiminohydrolase of Bacillus subtilis, two enzymes of the histidine degradation pathway. Kaminskas E, Kimhi Y, Magasanik B. J. Biol. Chem. 245, 3536-44, (1970). PMID: 4990470

2.The urocanase story: a novel role of NAD+ as electrophile. Retey J. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 314, 1-16, (1994). View articlePMID: 7944380

3.Structure and Substrate Specificity of <i>S</i>-Methyl Thiourocanate Hydratase. Vasseur CM, Karunasegaram D, Seebeck FP. ACS Chem Biol 19, 718-724, (2024). View articlePMID: 38389448

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