| id | GO:0000257 Detailed information
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| name | nitrilase activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| def | "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." [EC:3.5.5.1, GOC:kd]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "acetonitrilase activity" EXACT [EC:3.5.5.1]
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| synonym | "benzonitrilase activity" EXACT [EC:3.5.5.1]
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| synonym | "nitrile aminohydrolase activity" EXACT [EC:3.5.5.1]
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| xref | EC:3.5.5.1
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| xref | MetaCyc:3.5.5.1-RXN
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| xref | UM-BBD_enzymeID:e0283
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| is_a | GO:0016815 ! hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in nitriles
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