IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.3.1.13

Accepted name: carbamoyl-serine ammonia-lyase

Reaction: O-carbamoyl-L-serine + H2O = pyruvate + 2 NH3 + CO2

Other name(s): O-carbamoyl-L-serine deaminase; carbamoylserine deaminase; O-carbamoyl-L-serine ammonia-lyase (pyruvate-forming)

Systematic name: O-carbamoyl-L-serine ammonia-lyase (decarboxylating; pyruvate-forming)

Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 52227-64-2

References:

1. Cooper, A.J.L. and Meister, A. Enzymatic conversion of O-carbamyl-L-serine to pyruvate and ammonia. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 55 (1973) 780-787. [PMID: 4761084]

[EC 4.3.1.13 created 1976]


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