"Purification, Characterization, and Genetic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Urease, A Potentially Critical Determinant of Host-Pathogen Interaction."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Bacteriology, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis urease (urea amidohydrolase [EC 3.5.1.5]) was purified and shown to contain three subunits: two small subunits, each approximately 11,000 Da, and a large subunit of 62,000 Da. The N-terminal sequences of the three subunits were homologous to those of the A, B, and C subunits, respectively, of other bacterial ureases. M. tuberculosis urease was specific for urea, with a K-m of 0.3 mM, and did not hydrolyze thiourea, hydroxyurea, arginine, or asparagine. The enzyme was active over a broad pH range (optimal activity at pH 7.2) and was remarkably stable against...

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