- Deoxycytidine deaminase
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deoxycytidine deaminase Identifiers EC number 3.5.4.14 CAS number 37259-56-6 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles In enzymology, a deoxycytidine deaminase (EC 3.5.4.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- deoxycytidine + H2O deoxyuridine + NH3
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are deoxycytidine and H2O, whereas its two products are deoxyuridine and NH3.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in cyclic amidines. The systematic name of this enzyme class is deoxycytidine aminohydrolase. This enzyme participates in pyrimidine metabolism.
References
- Cohen SS (1953). "Studies on controlling mechanisms in the metabolism of virus-infected bacteria". Cold Spring Harbour Symp. Quant. Biol. 18: 221–235.
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