Ethanolamine ammonia-lyase small subunit

UniProtKB accession:  P19636

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UniProtKB description:  Catalyzes the deamination of various vicinal amino-alcohols to oxo compounds (PubMed:19762342). Ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL) allows bacteria to utilize ethanolamine as the sole source of nitrogen and carbon in the presence of external vitamin B12. It is spontaneously inactivated by its substrate and reactivated by EutA (PubMed:15466038). Directly targeted to the BMC. May play a role in bacterial microcompartment (BMC) assembly or maintenance (By similarity).