Cyanide hydratase
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| cyanide hydratase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.1.66 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 37292-83-4 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| 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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The enzyme cyanide hydratase (EC 4.2.1.66) catalyzes the chemical reaction
- formamide cyanide + 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.[1] This enzyme participates in cyanoamino acid metabolism.
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