urease

Urease-producing bacteria include: 1) Proteus 2) Staphylococcus 3) Klebsiella 4) Pseudomonas 5) E. coli 6) Helicobacter pylori Urease producing bacteria in the urinary tract predispose to formation of struvite stones.

Related

Campylobacter-like organism (CLO) test (rapid urease assay, Pylori-Tek, Hp-fast) carbon-labeled urea breath testing (BreathTek UBT) struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate, MgNH4PO4) urea (carbamide)

General

amidohydrolase bacterial protein invertebrate-specific protein metalloprotein plant-specific molecule

Properties

MOTIF: active site MOTIF: cysteine residue metal ion-binding site (2) EFFECTOR-BOUND: nickel MOTIF: histidine residue (2)

References

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 616