[Experimental and clinical studies on serum histidase activity].
1961
T TAKASUGI, and
K TSUNEMATSU
UI
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D006638
Histidine Ammonia-Lyase
An enzyme that catalyzes the first step of histidine catabolism, forming UROCANIC ACID and AMMONIA from HISTIDINE. Deficiency of this enzyme is associated with elevated levels of serum histidine and is called histidinemia (AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS).