Reaction: cytidine + H2O = uridine + NH3
Other name(s): cytosine nucleoside deaminase
Systematic name: cytidine aminohydrolase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-06-3
References:
1. Roberts, D.W.A. The wheat leaf phosphatases. II. Pathway of hydrolysis of some nucleotides at pH 5.5. J. Biol. Chem. 222 (1956) 259-270.
2. Wang, T.P., Sable, H.Z. and Lampen, J.O. Enzymatic deamination of cytosine nucleosides. J. Biol. Chem. 184 (1950) 17-28.