Maleamate amidohydrolase explained
Maleamate amidohydrolase |
Ec Number: | 3.5.1.107 |
Maleamate amidohydrolase (NicF) is an enzyme with systematic name maleamate amidohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the chemical reaction:
maleamate + H2O
maleate + NH
3The reaction is involved in the aerobic catabolism of nicotinic acid.
Notes and References
- Jiménez JI, Canales A, Jiménez-Barbero J, Ginalski K, Rychlewski L, García JL, Díaz E . Deciphering the genetic determinants for aerobic nicotinic acid degradation: the nic cluster from Pseudomonas putida KT2440 . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 105 . 32 . 11329–34 . August 2008 . 18678916 . 2516282 . 10.1073/pnas.0802273105 . free .