Blasticidin-S deaminase

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In enzymology, a blasticidin-S deaminase (EC 3.5.4.23) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

blasticidin S + H2O \rightleftharpoons deaminohydroxyblasticidin S + NH3

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are blasticidin S and H2O, whereas its two products are deaminohydroxyblasticidin S and NH3.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in cyclic amidines. The systematic name of this enzyme class is blasticidin-S aminohydrolase.

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[edit] Structural studies

As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1WN5 and 1WN6.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 54576-55-5.

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