Reaction Details
Reaction: Thumb
creatine + H2O → urea + sarcosine
Enzymes: Not Available
External Links:
ResourceLink
PseudoCyc Reaction ID:CREATINASE-RXN
References:
  • ROCHE J, LACOMBE G, GIRARD H (1950). "[On the specificity of certain bacterial deguanidases generating urea and on arginindihydrolase]." Biochim Biophys Acta 6(1);210-6. PMID: 14791411
  • Yoshimoto T, Oka I, Tsuru D (1976). "Purification, crystallization, and some properties of creatine amidinohydrolase from Pseudomonas putida." J Biochem (Tokyo) 79(6);1381-3. PMID: 8443