Allantoate amidohydrolase

UniProtKB accession:  P77425

Grouped By:  Matching UniProtKB accession

UniProtKB description:  Involved in the anaerobic nitrogen utilization via the assimilation of allantoin (PubMed:10601204, PubMed:20038185). Catalyzes specifically the hydrolysis of allantoate to yield CO2, NH3 and S-ureidoglycine, which is unstable and readily undergoes a second deamination by S-ureidoglycine aminohydrolase AllE to yield S-ureidoglycolate and NH3 (PubMed:20038185). In vivo, the spontaneous release of S-ureidoglycolate and ammonia from S-ureidoglycine appears to be too slow to sustain an efficient flux of nitrogen (PubMed:20038185).