This plant enzyme is involved in the degradation of ureidoglycolate, an intermediate of purine degradation. Not to be confused with EC 4.3.2.3, ureidoglycolate lyase, which releases urea rather than ammonia.
History
EC 3.5.1.116 created 1992 as EC 3.5.3.19, transferred 2014 to EC 3.5.1.116
Ureide Catabolism in Soybeans : III. Ureidoglycolate Amidohydrolase and Allantoate Amidohydrolase Are Activities of an Allantoate Degrading Enzyme Complex.