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Entry
EC 3.5.4.24                 Enzyme                                 
Name
sepiapterin deaminase
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds;
In cyclic amidines
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
sepiapterin aminohydrolase
Reaction(IUBMB)
sepiapterin + H2O = xanthopterin-B2 + NH3 [RN:R02974]
Reaction(KEGG)
R02974;
(other) R06137
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Substrate
sepiapterin [CPD:C00835];
H2O [CPD:C00001]
Product
xanthopterin-B2 [CPD:C02333];
NH3 [CPD:C00014]
Comment
Also acts on isosepiapterin, but more slowly.
Reference
1  [PMID:5572808]
  Authors
Tsusue M.
  Title
Studies on sepiapterin deaminase from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Purification and some properties of the enzyme.
  Journal
J. Biochem. (Tokyo). 69 (1971) 781-8.
  Organism
Bombyx mori
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CAS: 
62213-22-3
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