Histidine ammonia-lyase

Function

Histidine ammonia-lyase is a cytosolic enzyme catalyzing the first reaction in histidine catabolism, the nonoxidative deamination of L-histidine to trans-urocanic acid.[4] The reaction is catalyzed by 3,5-dihydro-5-methyldiene-4H-imidazol-4-one, an electrophilic co-factor which is formed autocatalytically by cyclization of the protein backbone of the enzyme.[6]

Pathology

Mutations in the gene for histidase are associated with histidinemia and urocanic aciduria.

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000084110 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Entrez Gene: histidine ammonia-lyase".
  5. Suchi M, Sano H, Mizuno H, Wada Y (September 1995). "Molecular cloning and structural characterization of the human histidase gene (HAL)". Genomics. 29 (1): 98–104. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1219. PMID 8530107.
  6. Schwede, TF; Rétey, J; Schulz, GE (Apr 27, 1999). "Crystal structure of histidine ammonia-lyase revealing a novel polypeptide modification as the catalytic electrophile". Biochemistry. 38 (17): 5355–5361. doi:10.1021/bi982929q. PMID 10220322.

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