Planteome: Term Details for "nitrilase activity" (GO:0000257)

Accession: GO:0000257
Name: nitrilase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: acetonitrilase activity, benzonitrilase activity, nitrile aminohydrolase activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: a nitrile + H2O = a carboxylate + NH3. Acts on a wide range of aromatic nitriles including (indole-3-yl)-acetonitrile and some aliphatic nitriles, and on the corresponding acid amides. Source: EC:3.5.5.1, GOC:kd
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0000257 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
nitrilase activity	is_a	hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in nitriles (GO:0016815)

subject	relation	object
cyanoalanine nitrilase activity (GO:0047427)	is_a	nitrilase activity
indole-3-acetonitrile nitrilase activity (GO:0080061)	is_a	nitrilase activity
arylacetonitrilase activity (GO:0047428)	is_a	nitrilase activity
aliphatic nitrilase activity (GO:0018762)	is_a	nitrilase activity
bromoxynil nitrilase activity (GO:0018761)	is_a	nitrilase activity
ricinine nitrilase activity (GO:0047426)	is_a	nitrilase activity