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Literature summary for 3.5.5.7 extracted from

  • Brenner, C.
    Catalysis in the nitrilase superfamily (2002), Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 12, 775-782.
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Arabidopsis thaliana P46011 gene nit4, enzyme Nit4
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Rhodococcus rhodochrous Q03217 gene nitA
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Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
R-CN + 2 H2O = R-COOH + NH3 enzyme structure and reaction mechanism Arabidopsis thaliana
R-CN + 2 H2O = R-COOH + NH3 enzyme structure, covalent mechanism, formation of an enzyme-thioimidate intermediate rather than addition of water to the nitrile Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
acrylonitrile + H2O
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Rhodococcus rhodochrous acrylate + NH3
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beta-cyano-L-alanine + H2O
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Arabidopsis thaliana asparagine + aspartic acid 60:40 mixture ?
additional information lack of acide amide production Rhodococcus rhodochrous ?
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
cyanoalanine hydratase/nitrilase
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Arabidopsis thaliana
More the enzyme belongs to branch 1.4 of the superfamily of nitrilases, overview Arabidopsis thaliana
More the enzyme belongs to the superfamily of nitrilases, branch 1.2 aliphatic nitrilases, overview Rhodococcus rhodochrous
Nit4
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Arabidopsis thaliana