EC 3 - Hydrolases
EC 3.5 - Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
EC 3.5.1 - In linear amides
EC 3.5.1.13 - Aryl-acylamidase
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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.5.1.13
Names
Accepted name:
aryl-acylamidase
Other
names:
AAA-1
AAA-2
brain acetylcholinesterase (is associated with AAA-2)
pseudocholinesterase (associated with arylacylamidase)
AAA-2
brain acetylcholinesterase (is associated with AAA-2)
pseudocholinesterase (associated with arylacylamidase)
Systematic name:
aryl-acylamide amidohydrolase
Reaction
- an anilide + H2O = a carboxylate + aniline
Comments:
Also acts on 4-substituted anilides.
Links to other databases
Gene Ontology:
GO:0047680
CAS Registry Number:
9025-18-7
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:
References
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Aromatic N-deacylation by chick-kidney mitochondria.Biochem. J. 75 : 284-293 (1960).
[EC 3.5.1.13 created 1965]