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The membrane-bound FAAH protein is responsible for the catabolism of neuromodulatory fatty acid amides, including anandamide and oleamide, that regulate a wide range of mammalian behaviors, including pain perception, inflammation, sleep, and cognitive\/emotional state. To date, limited crystal structures of FAAH and non-mammalian AS family proteins have been determined and used for structure-based inhibitor design. In order to provide broader structural information, the crystal structure of FAAH from the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans was determined at a resolution of 2.2 \u00c5. A structural comparison with a brown rat Rattus norvegicus FAAH as well as with other bacterial AS family members, MAE2 and PAM, showed overall similarities but there were several discriminative regions found: the transmembrane domain and the hydrophobic cap of the brown rat FAAH were completely absent in the fungal FAAH structure. Along with these results, a phylogenetic analysis of 19 species within the AS family showed that fungal FAAHs diverged from a common ancestor before the separation of eukarya and prokarya. 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