O-carbamoyl-L-serine + H₂O $rightleftharpoons$ pyruvate + 2 NH₃ + CO₂

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are O-carbamoyl-L-serine and H₂O, whereas its 3 products are pyruvate, NH₃, and CO₂.

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically ammonia lyases, which cleave carbon-nitrogen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is O-carbamoyl-L-serine ammonia-lyase (decarboxylating pyruvate-forming). Other names in common use include O-carbamoyl-L-serine deaminase, carbamoylserine deaminase, and O-carbamoyl-L-serine ammonia-lyase (pyruvate-forming). It employs one cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate.

References

• Copper AJ, Meister A "Enzymatic conversion of O-carbamyl-L-serine to pyruvate and ammonia". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 55 780–7.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .

Gene Ontology (GO) codes