Uracil dehydrogenase

Uracil dehydrogenase
Identifiers
EC number 1.1.99.19
CAS number 9029-00-9
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Uracil dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.19, uracil oxidase) is an enzyme with systematic name uracil:(acceptor) oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

uracil + acceptor barbiturate + reduced acceptor

Also oxidizes thymine. The enzyme acts on the hydrated derivative of the substrate.

References

  1. Hayaishi, O.; Kornberg, A. (1952). "Metabolism of cytosine, thymine, uracil, and barbituric acid by bacterial enzymes". J. Biol. Chem. 197: 717–723. PMID 12981104.
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