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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Nitrile hydratase alpha /Thiocyanate hydrolase gamma
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

4.2.1.84
Nitrile hydratase.
based on mapping to UniProt P13448
An aliphatic amide = a nitrile + H(2)O.
-!- Acts on short-chain aliphatic nitriles, converting them into the corresponding acid amides. -!- Does not act on these amides or on aromatic nitriles (cf. EC 3.5.5.1).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P13448
NHAA_RHOER
Rhodococcus erythropolis
Nitrile hydratase subunit alpha

PDB Structure

PDB 2ZPI
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Catalytic mechanism of nitrile hydratase proposed by time-resolved X-ray crystallography using a novel substrate, tert-butylisonitrile
Hashimoto, K., Suzuki, H., Taniguchi, K., Noguchi, T., Yohda, M., Odaka, M.
J.Biol.Chem.
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