nitrile hydratase activity

Term ID

GO:0018822

Synonyms

• 3-cyanopyridine hydratase activity
• acrylonitrile hydratase activity
• aliphatic nitrile hydratase activity
• aliphatic-amide hydro-lyase (nitrile-forming)
• H-NHase activity
• L-NHase activity
• NHase activity
• nitrile hydro-lyase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: an aliphatic amide = a nitrile + H2O.

References

• EC:4.2.1.84
• MetaCyc:NITRILE-HYDRATASE-RXN
• RHEA:12673
• RHEA:85603
• RHEA:85607
• RHEA:85611
• RHEA:85643
• RHEA:85647
• RHEA:85651
• RHEA:85655
• RHEA:85671
• RHEA:85691
• RHEA:85695

Ontology

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