IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.3.1.7

Accepted name: ethanolamine ammonia-lyase

Reaction: ethanolamine = acetaldehyde + NH3

Other name(s): ethanolamine deaminase; ethanolamine ammonia-lyase

Systematic name: ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (acetaldehyde-forming)

Comments: A cobalamin protein.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9054-69-7

References:

1. Bradbeer, C. The clostridial fermentations of choline and ethanolamine. 1. Preparation and properties of cell-free extracts. J. Biol. Chem. 240 (1965) 4669-4474. [PMID: 5846987]

2. Bradbeer, C. The clostridial fermentations of choline and ethanolamine. II. Requirement for a cobamide coenzyme by an ethanolamine deaminase. J. Biol. Chem. 240 (1965) 4675-4681. [PMID: 5846988]

3. Kaplan, B.H. and Stadtman, E.R. Ethanolamine deaminase, a cobamide coenzyme-dependent enzyme. I. Purification, assay, and properties of the enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 243 (1968) 1787-1793. [PMID: 4297225]

[EC 4.3.1.7 created 1972]


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