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Purine degradation pathway in E. coli. Add, AdeD, GuaD, XdhABC, and HiuH, the allantoin degradation enzymes, were described previously (3, 40, 47–50). E. coli genes responsible for the conversion of uric acid to HIU or for the conversion of OHSU to (S)-allantoin have not been identified to date.
