Methylguanidinase

Template:Infobox enzyme In enzymology, a methylguanidinase (Template:EC number) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

methylguanidine + H₂O $\rightleftharpoons$ methylamine + urea

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are methylguanidine and H₂O, whereas its two products are methylamine and urea.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amidines. The systematic name of this enzyme class is methylguanidine amidinohydrolase. This enzyme is also called methylguanidine hydrolase.

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