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Guanine deaminase (guanase)

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Cofactors used

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Purine Degradation (to Uric Acid) Nucleotide Metabolism · Cytosol

step 10 Irreversible/directional

Guanine → xanthine

Converts Guanine into Xanthine

Notes

Guanine deaminase (guanase) catalyzes guanine + H2O → xanthine + NH3. Xanthine then enters step 7 and is oxidized to uric acid.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

0 entries

No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.

Recent literature

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    Phenotypic profiling of neutrophils in acute <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infection identifies a TNF-induced activation signature associated with epithelial damage.

    Huber A, Mathew A, Khondokar F, Sharma D, Mukherjee A, Khona DK, Gabriel J, Jose S, Madan R. · 2026-04-23

    open access unreviewed
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    Integrating aptamer-transduced signal amplification and superwettable droplet microarrays for single-cell detection of cell surface vimentin.

    Miao X, Lang G, Xiao X, Yang S, Zhao J, Zhou M, Wang X, Zaczek A, Liu J. · 2026-04-21

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    Drug-natural molecule coupling as a rational strategy in the development of an innovative antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective drug for Chagas disease treatment.

    Benedetti MD, Pelozo MF, Souza E Leite EG, Camargo TP, Castro LFD, Lima GDA, Caldas S, Hawkes JA, Gonçalves R… · 2026-07-05

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    Association between automated brain volumetry and visual classification of hippocampal atrophy in MRI.

    Garrafiel FN, Soder RB, Paganin RP, da Silva MRA, Bieger A, Vidaletti VV, Lazzareti FJ, Zimmer ER, da Costa J… · 2026-06-14

    open access unreviewed
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    DNA detection of Babesia bovis in sheep, ticks and cattle during an outbreak of sheep ixodidiosis by Rhipicephalus microplus.

    Lima Neto BF, Batista SP, Alvares FBV, Monteiro YS, Silva MLP, Martins HEC, Silva WI, Medeiros GDA, Feitosa T… · 2026-08-07

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    Evaluating the Quality and Impact of Online Patient Forums in Genomic Data Governance.

    Eric A, Christoph S, Züger A, Winkler EC, Katja M. · 2026-08-01

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