Carnitinamidase

Definition:

EC Tree > 3 Hydrolases > 3.5 Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds > 3.5.1 In linear amides > 3.5.1.73 carnitinamidase
Chenodeoxycholoyltaurine hydrolase is a hydrolase found in viruses and cellular organisms that hydrolyzes some other taurine conjugates but not glycine conjugates of bile acids. It hydrolyzes chenodeoxycholoyltaurine into chenodeoxycholate and taurine. In the gut it deconjugates taurine bile salts. It features a bile acid hydrolase fold.

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