arginase
Sign in to saveAlso known as IPR014033, arginine amidinase, arginine transamidinase, L-arginine amidinohydrolase, L-arginase, canavanase, Arg
Arginase (, arginine amidinase, canavanase, L-arginase, arginine transamidinase) is a manganese-containing enzyme. The reaction catalyzed by this enzyme is: arginine + H2O → ornithine + urea It is the final enzyme of the urea cycle. It is ubiquitous to all domains of life.
Key facts
- Enzyme.Name
- Arginase
- Enzyme.EC_number
- 3.5.3.1
- Enzyme.CAS_number
- 9000-96-8
- Enzyme.GO_code
- 0004053
- Enzyme.image
- 2pha humanarginase.png
- Enzyme.caption
- Ribbon diagram of human arginase I trimer. PDB entry
- Protein.Name
- Arginase, type II
- Protein.image
- 1hq5.jpg
- Protein.Symbol
- ARG2
- Protein.HGNCid
- 664
- Protein.Chromosome
- 14
- Protein.Arm
- q
- Protein.Band
- 24.1
- Protein.ECnumber
- 3.5.3.1
- Protein.OMIM
- 608313
- Protein.EntrezGene
- 383
- Protein.RefSeq
- NM_001172
- Protein.UniProt
- P78540
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Research
9,546 papers- Arginase: An emerging and promising therapeutic target for cancer treatment.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
- Small-molecule arginase inhibitors.Pharmaceutical patent analyst · 2014
- Arginase as a Potential Biomarker of Disease Progression: A Molecular Imaging Perspective.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
- The role of arginase in the microcirculation in cardiovascular disease.Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation · 2020
- An Update on Arginase Inhibitors and Inhibitory Assays.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- 1hq5.jpg
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- EC enzyme number
- 3.5.3.1
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Structure and function
- Structure and Mechanism
- Role in sexual response
- Pathology
- References
- External links
Arginase (, arginine amidinase, canavanase, L-arginase, arginine transamidinase) is a manganese-containing enzyme. The reaction catalyzed by this enzyme is: arginine + H2O → ornithine + urea It is the final enzyme of the urea cycle. It is ubiquitous to all domains of life.
== Structure and function == Arginase belongs to the ureohydrolase family of enzymes.