Parent Class:

EC-Numbers → 3 -- Hydrolases → 3.5 -- Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds → 3.5.1 -- In linear amides

Synonyms: doeB (gene name)

Systematic Name: (2S)-2-acetamido-4-aminobutanoate amidohydrolase

Unification Links: BRENDA:3.5.1.125, ENZYME:3.5.1.125, IUBMB-ExplorEnz:3.5.1.125

Reaction:
(2S)-2-acetamido-4-aminobutanoate + H₂O → L-2,4-diaminobutanoate + acetate

Enzymes and Genes:
N²-acetyl-L-2,4-diaminobutanoate deacetylase: doeB ( Halomonas elongata DSM 2581 )

Summary:
The enzyme, found in bacteria, has no activity with (2S)-4-acetamido-2-aminobutanoate. cf. EC 3.5.4.44, ectoine hydrolase.

Citations: [Schwibbert11]

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References

Schwibbert11: Schwibbert K, Marin-Sanguino A, Bagyan I, Heidrich G, Lentzen G, Seitz H, Rampp M, Schuster SC, Klenk HP, Pfeiffer F, Oesterhelt D, Kunte HJ (2011). "A blueprint of ectoine metabolism from the genome of the industrial producer Halomonas elongata DSM 2581 T." Environ Microbiol 13(8);1973-94. PMID: 20849449

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