urocanate hydratase (urocanase, imidazolonepropionate hydrolase, UROC1)

Function

• histidine degradation, 2nd step

3-(5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-3H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoate
                  <-->
            urocanate + H2O

Cofactor: NAD

Structure

• belongs to the urocanase family

Notes

(putative protein)

More general terms

• lyase

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/276880
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96N76.html