EC 3.5.5.4 - Cyanoalanine nitrilase

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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.5.5.4

Names

Accepted name:
cyanoalanine nitrilase
Other name:
β-cyanoalanine nitrilase
Systematic name:
3-cyano-L-alanine aminohydrolase

Reactions

Comments:

L-Asparagine is formed as an intermediate. cf. EC 4.2.1.65, 3-cyanoalanine hydratase and EC 3.5.1.1, asparaginase.

Links to other databases

Enzymes and pathways: NC-IUBMB , BRENDA , ExplorEnz , ENZYME@ExPASy , KEGG , MetaCyc , UniPathway
Structural data: CSA , EC2PDB
Gene Ontology: GO:0047427
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:

References

  1. Yanase, H., Sakai, T. and Tonomuro, K.
    Purification, crystallization and some properties of β-cyano-L-alanine-degrading enzyme in Pseudomonas sp. 13.
    Agric. Biol. Chem. 47 : 473-482 (1983).

[EC 3.5.5.4 created 1986]