Biuret amidohydrolase explained

biuret amidohydrolase
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In enzymology, a biuret amidohydrolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

biuret + H₂O

\rightleftharpoons urea(CH₄N₂O) + CO₂ + NH₃

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are biuret and H₂O, whereas its 3 products are urea, CO₂, and NH₃.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is biuret amidohydrolase. This enzyme participates in atrazine degradation.

References

• Cook AM, Beilstein P, Grossenbacher H, Hutter R . 1985 . Ring cleavage and degradative pathway of cyanuric acid in bacteria . Biochem. J. . 231 . 25 - 30 . 3904735 . 1 . 1152698 .