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Encyclopedia > Thiaminase

Thiaminase is an enzyme (EC 2.5.1.2 (http://www.expasy.org/cgi-bin/nicezyme.pl?2.5.1.2)) that metabolizes thiamine. It is found in bracken (brake) amongst other plants.


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Thiaminases (1694 words)
Thiaminases are enzymes that cleave the thiamin molecule and render it biologically inactive.
Thiaminases are denatured by heat, therefore subjecting any of the sources of thiaminases to cooking or other heat treatment will render the thiaminases inactive.
Thiaminases are present in the viscera of certain raw fishes and shellfishes, especially carp.
23. BRACKENFERN, BRAKE FERN (943 words)
Horses: The toxin in brackenfern is thiaminase, an enzyme that destroys thiamine (vitamin B1).
The horse then essentially suffers from a vitamin deficiency of thiamine, which causes myelin degeneration of peripheral nerves (a loss of the fatty insulation layer to nerves that primarily control muscles).
Ruminants, especially cattle: Thiaminase does not adversely affect ruminants since the ruminal bacteria degrade the enzyme.
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