| EC |
3.5.1.4 |
| Accepted name: |
amidase |
| Reaction: |
a monocarboxylic acid amide + H2O = a monocarboxylate + NH3 |
| Other name(s): |
acylamidase; acylase (misleading); amidohydrolase (ambiguous); deaminase (ambiguous); fatty acylamidase; N-acetylaminohydrolase (ambiguous) |
| Systematic name: |
acylamide amidohydrolase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9012-56-0 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Bray, H.G., James, S.P., Raffan, I.M., Ryman, B.E. and Thorpe, W.V. The fate of certain organic acids and amides in the rabbit. 7. An amidase of rabbit liver. Biochem. J. 44 (1949) 618–625. [PMID: 16748573] |
| 2. |
Bray, H.G., James, S.P., Thorpe, W.V. and Wasdell, M.R. The fate of certain organic acids and amides in the rabbit. 11. Further observations on the hydrolysis of amides by tissue extracts. Biochem. J. 47 (1950) 294–299. [PMID: 14800883] |
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