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nitrile hydratase activity

Known as: NHase activity, 3-cyanopyridine hydratase activity, nitrile hydro-lyase activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: an aliphatic amide = a nitrile + H2O. [EC:4.2.1.84]
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2010
2010
Identification of nitrile hydratase-producing Rhodococcus ruber TH and characterization of an amiE-negative mutant.
Microbial transformation of acrylonitrile to acrylamide by nitrile hydratase is of great interest to green chemistry. During the… (More)
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2007
2007
Immobilization of Rhodococcus ruber strain gt1, possessing nitrile hydratase activity, on carbon supports
Rhodococcus ruber strain gt1, possessing nitrile hydratase activity, was immobilized by adsorption on carbon supports differing… (More)
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2007
2007
Efficient expression in E. coli of an enantioselective nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus erythropolis
The genes encoding an enantioselective nitrile hydratase (NHase) from Rhodococcus erythropolis AJ270 have been cloned and an… (More)
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2004
2004
Rhodococcus pyridinovorans MW3, a bacterium producing a nitrile hydratase
Rhodococcus pyridinovorans MW3 was isolated from an arable land of manioc from the Congo for its ability to transform… (More)
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2003
2003
Characterisation of nitrilase and nitrile hydratase biocatalytic systems
Biocatalytic transformations converting aromatic and arylaliphatic nitriles into the analogous related amide or acid were… (More)
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2001
2001
The Arabidopsis thaliana isogene NIT4 and its orthologs in tobacco encode beta-cyano-L-alanine hydratase/nitrilase.
Nitrilases (nitrile aminohydrolases, EC ) are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nitriles to the corresponding carbon acids… (More)
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1996
1996
A novel gene cluster including the Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1 nhlBA genes encoding a low molecular mass nitrile hydratase (L-NHase) induced by its reaction product.
The 3.5 kilobases (kb) of the 5'-upstream region from nhlBA encoding a cobalt-containing low molecular mass nitrile hydratase (L… (More)
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1996
1996
Characterization of the gene cluster of high-molecular-mass nitrile hydratase (H-NHase) induced by its reaction product in Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1.
The 4.6-kb region 5'-upstream from the gene encoding a cobalt-containing and amide-induced high molecular mass-nitrile hydratase… (More)
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1995
1995
Engineering nitrile hydratase activity into a cysteine protease by a single mutation.
A peptide nitrile hydratase activity has been engineered into the cysteine protease papain by a single carefully selected… (More)
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1994
1994
Nitrile hydratase gene from Rhodococcus sp. N-774 requirement for its downstream region for efficient expression.
For improvement of the production of nitrile hydratase (NHase) from Rhodococcus sp. N-774 by recombinant DNA techniques, several… (More)
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