- Cyanamide hydratase
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cyanamide hydratase Identifiers EC number 4.2.1.69 CAS number 50812-20-9 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles In enzymology, a cyanamide hydratase (EC 4.2.1.69) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- urea cyanamide + H2O
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, urea, and two products, cyanamide and H2O.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is urea hydro-lyase (cyanamide-forming). This enzyme is also called urea hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in atrazine degradation.
References
- Stransky H and Amberger A (1973). "Isolation and properties of a cyanamide hydratase (EC 4.2.1) from Myrothecium verrucaria". Z. Pflanzenphysiol. 70: 74–87.
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