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Pathway Description
Allantoin Degradation (Anaerobic)
Escherichia coli
Metabolic Pathway
Allantoin can be degraded in anaerobic conditions. The first step involves allantoin being degraded by an allantoinase resulting in an allantoate. This compound in turn is metabolized by reacting with water and 2 hydrogen ions through an allantoate amidohydrolase resulting in the release of a carbon dioxide, ammonium and an S-ureidoglycine. The latter compund is further degrades through a S-ureidoglycine aminohydrolase resulting in the release of an ammonium and an S-ureidoglycolate.
S-ureidoglycolate can be metabolized into oxalurate by two different reactions. The first reactions involves a NAD driven ureidoglycolate dehydrogenase resulting in the release of a hydrogen ion , an NADH and a oxalurate. On the other hand S-ureidoglycolate can react with NADP resulting in the release of an NADPH, a hydroge ion and an oxalurate.
It is hypothesized that oxalurate can interact with a phosphate and release a a carbamoyl phosphate and an oxamate.
The carbamoyl phosphate can be further degraded by reacting with an ADP, and a hydrogen ion through a carbamate kinase resulting in the release of an ammonium , ATP and carbon dioxide
References
Allantoin Degradation (Anaerobic) References
Cusa E, Obradors N, Baldoma L, Badia J, Aguilar J: Genetic analysis of a chromosomal region containing genes required for assimilation of allantoin nitrogen and linked glyoxylate metabolism in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1999 Dec;181(24):7479-84.
Pubmed: 10601204
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