KEGG ENZYME: 3.5.1.64

ENZYME: 3.5.1.64

Entry

EC 3.5.1.64                 Enzyme

Name

Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonylleucine hydrolase;
benzyloxycarbonylleucine hydrolase;
Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl amino acid urethane hydrolase IV;
alpha-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucine urethanehydrolase

Class

Hydrolases;
Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds;
In linear amides

Sysname

Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucine urethanehydrolase

Reaction(IUBMB)

Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucine + H2O = benzyl alcohol + CO2 + L-leucine [RN:R02552]

Reaction(KEGG)

R02552

Substrate

Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucine;
H2O [CPD:C00001]

Product

benzyl alcohol [CPD:C00556];
CO2 [CPD:C00011];
L-leucine [CPD:C00123]

Comment

Also acts on Nalpha-t-butoxycarbonyl-L-leucine, and, more slowly, on the corresponding derivatives of L-aspartate, L-methionine, L-glutamate and L-alanine. cf. EC 3.5.1.58 N-benzyloxycarbonylglycine hydrolase.

History

EC 3.5.1.64 created 1989

Reference

Authors

Matsumura, E., Shin, T., Murao, S., Sakaguchi, M. and Kawano, T.

Title

A novel enzyme, Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl amino acid urethane hydrolase IV.

Journal

Agric Biol Chem 49:3643-3645 (1985)

Other DBs

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3.5.1.64