Cyanide hydratase

Definition:

EC Tree > 4 Lyases > 4.2 Carbon-oxygen lyases > 4.2.1 Hydro-lyases > 4.2.1.66 cyanide hydratase
Cyanide hydratase is a fungal/bacterial nitrile hydratase that hydrates hydrogen cyanide into formamide. It is found in Eukaryota and Bacteria and is used by fungi to detoxify environmental cyanide. Structurally it is a cyanide hydratase/nitrilase-family enzyme.

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