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Urease from Canavalia ensiformis (Jack bean)

Type IX, powder, 50,000-100,000 units/g solid

Synonym(s):

Jack bean urease, Urea amidohydrolase

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CAS Number:
9002-13-5
Enzyme Commission number:
3.5.1.5 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
EC Number:
232-656-0
MDL number:
MFCD00070858
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
eCl@ss:
32160410
NACRES:
NA.54

type

Type IX

form

powder

specific activity

50,000-100,000 units/g solid

mol wt

~544620 Da

storage temp.

2-8°C

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General description

Subunit molecular weight: ~90,770
Composed of six subunits with total molecular weight: ~544,620
Urease (Ure) enzyme is present in the cytosol. It is active at acidic pH and is expressed at 28°C. Urease binds to nickel and is present in archaea, bacteria, unicellular eukaryotes and plants. Jack bean urease was the first enzyme to be crystallized and the first enzyme found to contain nickel. It is a multi-subunit enzyme, consisting of 91 kDa subunits in three protein forms.

Application

Urease from Canavalia ensiformis (Jack bean) has been used: to spike urine samples to determine the hydrolysis rate of urea in pure urine It has also been used to study the inhibitory action of polyhalogenated benzo- and naphthoquinones on Bacillus pasteurii and Canavalia ensiformis.

Biochem/physiol Actions

In Canavalia ensiformis (Jack Bean), urease facilitates the conversion of L-canavanine to canaline.
Urease is involved in purine metabolism and the urea cycle. It hydrolyze urea to produce ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Unit Definition

One micromolar unit will liberate 1.0 μmole of NH3 from urea per min at pH 7.0 at 25 °C. It is equivalent to 1.0 I.U. or 0.054 Sumner unit (1.0 mg ammonia nitrogen in 5 minutes at pH 7.0 at 20 °C)

Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H334,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

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Isothermal titration calorimetry to characterize enzymatic reactions
Methods in Enzymology, 567, 215-236 (2016)
In-toilet disinfection of fresh fecal sludge with ammonia naturally present in excreta
Ogunyoku TA, et al.
Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 6(1), 104-114 (2016)
Yersinia enterocolitica
Molecular Medical Microbiology, 1319-1344 (2015)
Xavier Arqué et al.
ACS nano, 16(5), 7547-7558 (2022-04-30)
The increasing resistance of bacteria to existing antibiotics constitutes a major public health threat globally. Most current antibiotic treatments are hindered by poor delivery to the infection site, leading to undesired off-target effects and drug resistance development and spread. Here
G A Rosenthal et al.
Plant physiology, 76(2), 541-544 (1984-10-01)
l-Canavanine, the guanidinooxy structural analog of l-arginine, is an important nonprotein amino acid of many leguminous plants with nitrogen storage a major proported role. l-[Guanidinooxy-(14)C]canavanine, [(14)C] urea, and [(15)N]urea were injected separately into the fleshy, green cotyledons of 9-day old
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