| Accession | TIGR03381 |
| Name | agmatine_aguB |
| Function | N-carbamoylputrescine amidase |
| Gene Symbol | aguB |
| Trusted Cutoff | 410.25 |
| Domain Trusted Cutoff | 410.25 |
| Noise Cutoff | 304.05 |
| Domain Noise Cutoff | 304.05 |
| Isology Type | equivalog |
| EC Number | 3.5.1.53 |
| HMM Length | 279 |
| Mainrole Category | Central intermediary metabolism |
| Subrole Category | Polyamine biosynthesis |
| Gene Ontology Term | GO:0005737: cytoplasm cellular_component |
| | GO:0009446: putrescine biosynthetic process biological_process |
| | GO:0050126: N-carbamoylputrescine amidase activity molecular_function |
| Author | Haft DH, Harkins DM |
| Entry Date | Apr 6 2007 4:21PM |
| Last Modified | Feb 14 2011 3:27PM |
| Comment | Members of this family are N-carbamoylputrescine amidase (3.5.1.53). Bacterial genes are designated AguB. The AguAB pathway replaces SpeB for conversion of agmatine to putrescine in two steps rather than one. |
| References | RN [1]
RM PMID: 12634339
RT Identification of the putrescine biosynthetic genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and characterization of agmatine deiminase and N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase of the arginine decarboxylase pathway.
RA Nakada Y, Itoh Y
RL Microbiology. 2003 Mar;149(Pt 3):707-14. |
| Genome Property | GenProp0738: agmatine to putrescine via N-carbamoylputrescine (HMM) |
