Function
Catalyzes a late step in pyrimidine degradation. Converts N-carbamoyl-beta-aminoisobutyrate and N-carbamoyl-beta-alanine (3-ureidopropanoate) to, respectively, beta-aminoisobutyrate and beta-alanine, ammonia and carbon dioxide. Involved in the recycling of nitrogen from nucleobases to general nitrogen metabolism.
Sequence
MDHMISENGETSAEGSICGYDSLHQLLSANLKPELYQEVNRLLLGRNCGRSLEQIVLPESAKALSSKHDFDLQAASFSADKEQMRNPRVVRVGLIQNSIALPTTAPFSDQTRGIFDKLKPIIDAAGVAGVNILCLQEAWTMPFAFCTRERRWCEFAEPVDGESTKFLQELAKKYNMVIVSPILERDIDHGEVLWNTAVIIGNNGNIIGKHRKNHIPRVGDFNESTYYMEGDTGHPVFETVFGKIAVNICYGRHHPLNWLAFGLNGAEIVFNPSATVGELSEPMWPIEARNAAIANSYFVGSINRVGTEVFPNPFTSGDGKPQHNDFGHFYGSSHFSAPDASCTPSLSRYKDGLLISDMDLNLCRQYKDKWGFRMTARYEVYADLLAKYIKPDFKPQVVSDPLLHKNST