Cyanide hydratase
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cyanide hydratase | |||||||||
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EC no. | 4.2.1.66 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 37292-83-4 | ||||||||
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IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a cyanide hydratase (EC 4.2.1.66) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- formamide cyanide + H2O
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, formamide, and two products, cyanide and H2O.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is formamide hydro-lyase (cyanide-forming). Other names in common use include formamide dehydratase, and formamide hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in cyanoamino acid metabolism.
References
- Fry WE, Millar RL (1972). "Cyanide degradion by an enzyme from Stemphylium loti". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 151 (2): 468–74. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(72)90523-1. PMID 5065258.