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UniProt functional annotation for P13449 | ||
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| UniProt code: P13449. |
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| Organism: | |
Rhodococcus erythropolis (Arthrobacter picolinophilus). |
| Taxonomy: | |
Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Nocardiaceae; Rhodococcus. |
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| Function: | |
NHase catalyzes the hydration of various nitrile compounds to the corresponding amides. |
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| Catalytic activity: | |
Reaction=an aliphatic amide = a nitrile + H2O; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12673, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:18379, ChEBI:CHEBI:65285; EC=4.2.1.84; |
| Subunit: | |
Heterodimer of an alpha and a beta chain. |
| Biotechnology: | |
Industrial production of acrylamide is now being developed using some of these enzymes. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the nitrile hydratase subunit beta family. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.