amidase activity

Term ID

GO:0004040

Synonyms

• acetamidase activity
• acylamidase activity
• acylamide amidohydrolase activity
• acylase activity
• amidohydrolase activity
• fatty acylamidase activity
• N-acetylaminohydrolase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: a monocarboxylic acid amide + H2O = a monocarboxylate + NH3. 3.5.1.4

References

• EC:3.5.1.4
• MetaCyc:AMIDASE-RXN
• RHEA:12020
• UM-BBD_enzymeID:e0068

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO