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Structural And Functional Studies Of Urea Amidolyase, Yi Lin
Structural And Functional Studies Of Urea Amidolyase, Yi Lin
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Urea amidolyase (UAL) is a key virulence factor that regulates the yeast to hyphae switch in the opportunistic pathogen, Candida albicans. UAL is a multi-domain enzyme with two enzyme activities: urea carboxylase (UC) and allophanate hydrolase (AH). UC is a biotin-dependent carboxylase that adds a carboxyl group to urea to make allophanate by the coordinated action of three domains. Allophanate is subsequently hydrolyzed into NH3 and CO2 in the AH domain. Studies on the structure and function of UAL may lead to treatments for systemic candidiasis and can serve to clarify the molecular basis for multi-functional swinging arm enzymes. In …