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Term Information

Accession
GO:0000257
Name
nitrilase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
acetonitrilase activity, benzonitrilase activity, nitrile aminohydrolase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: a nitrile + H2O = a carboxylate + NH3. Acts on a wide range of aromatic nitriles including (indole-3-yl)-acetonitrile and some aliphatic nitriles, and on the corresponding acid amides. Source: EC:3.5.5.1, GOC:kd
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0000257 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of nitrilase activity (GO:0000257)
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nitrilase activity [is_a relation] is_a  hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in nitriles (GO:0016815)
Children of nitrilase activity (GO:0000257)
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ricinine nitrilase activity (GO:0047426) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrilase activity
aliphatic nitrilase activity (GO:0018762) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrilase activity
cyanoalanine nitrilase activity (GO:0047427) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrilase activity
bromoxynil nitrilase activity (GO:0018761) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrilase activity
arylacetonitrilase activity (GO:0047428) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrilase activity
indole-3-acetonitrile nitrilase activity (GO:0080061) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrilase activity
EC
3.5.5.1
KEGG_REACTION
R00540
MetaCyc
3.5.5.1-RXN
RHEA
21724
UM-BBD_enzymeID
e0283