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Information on EC 3.5.5.7 - Aliphatic nitrilase

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IUBMB Comments

Preferentially hydrolyses aliphatic nitriles, some of which are apparently not substrates for other known nitrilases (EC 3.5.5.1). Substrates include crotononitrile, acrylonitrile and glutaronitrile.

The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Bacteria, Eukaryota, Archaea
Reaction Schemes
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Synonyms
nitrile hydratase/amidase, aliphatic nitrilase, nitpf5, pacnit, reh16, more

REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
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ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
R-CN + 2 H2O = R-COOH + NH3
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PATHWAY SOURCE
PATHWAYS
MetaCyc
acrylonitrile degradation II