Maleimide hydrolase

Maleimide hydrolase
maleimide hydrolase
Identifiers
EC number 3.5.2.16
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

In enzymology, a maleimide hydrolase (EC 3.5.2.16) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

maleimide + H2O \rightleftharpoons maleamic acid

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are maleimide and H2O, whereas its product is maleamic acid.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in cyclic amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is cyclic-imide amidohydrolase (decyclizing). Other names in common use include imidase, cyclic imide hydrolase, and cyclic-imide amidohydrolase (decyclicizing) [misprint].

References

  • Ogawa J, Soong CL, Honda M, Shimizu S (1997). "Imidase, a dihydropyrimidinase-like enzyme involved in the metabolism of cyclic imides". Eur. J. Biochem. 243 (1–2): 322–7. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0322a.x. PMID 9030755.