unreviewed
Bacterial beta-glucuronidases + reductases (gut microbiota)
1 reactions · 1 pathways
What it does, reaction by reaction
1 reactions
Heme Degradation (Bilirubin Pathway) Amino Acid & Nitrogen Metabolism · Reticuloendothelial system, liver ER, gut
step 5
Irreversible/directional
Conjugated bilirubin → unconjugated bilirubin → urobilinogen
Converts Conjugated bilirubin into Unconjugated bilirubin
› Notes
Intestinal bacterial β-glucuronidases deconjugate bilirubin glucuronides, and bacterial reductases convert bilirubin to colorless urobilinogen. These are microbial rather than human enzymatic steps; no host ATP is directly consumed.
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What accelerates and inhibits it
Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately
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No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.
Recent literature
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