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The Mechanism of the Urocanase Reaction

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Bioorganic Chemistry in Healthcare and Technology

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Urocanase, an ubiquitous enzyme of Mp = 12 0,000, catalyses the addition of water to urocanate in an unusual manner (Eqn.1).

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  1. Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Willstätter Allee, 7500, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

    János Rétey (Chair of Biochemistry)

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  1. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Upendra K. Pandit

  2. University of Antwerp (RUCA), Antwerp, Belgium

    Frank C. Alderweireldt

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Rétey, J. (1991). The Mechanism of the Urocanase Reaction. In: Pandit, U.K., Alderweireldt, F.C. (eds) Bioorganic Chemistry in Healthcare and Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 207. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1354-0_19

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