Methylenediurea deaminase (, methylenediurease) is an enzyme with systematic name methylenediurea aminohydrolase found in Brucella anthropi, a bacterium. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:
methylenediurea + 2 H<sub>2</sub>O N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + 2 NH<sub>3</sub> + CO<sub>2</sub> (overall reaction)
(1a) methylenediurea + H<sub>2</sub>O N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea + NH<sub>3</sub>
(1b) N-(carboxyaminomethyl)urea N-(aminomethyl)urea + CO<sub>2</sub> (spontaneous)
(1c) N-(aminomethyl)urea + H<sub>2</sub>O N-(hydroxymethyl)urea + NH<sub>3</sub> (spontaneous)
Methylenediurea is hydrolysed and decarboxylated to give an aminated methylurea.
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