Term Information

Accession
GO:0004046
Name
aminoacylase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
L-amino-acid acylase activity, L-aminoacylase activity, N-acyl-L-amino-acid amidohydrolase activity, alpha-N-acylaminoacid hydrolase activity, amido acid deacylase activity, benzamidase activity, hippurase activity, histozyme activity, long acyl amidoacylase activity, short acyl amidoacylase activity, acylase I activity, aminoacylase I activity, dehydropeptidase II activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: an N-acyl-L-amino acid + H2O = a carboxylate + an L-amino acid. Source: EC:3.5.1.14
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0004046 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of aminoacylase activity (GO:0004046)
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aminoacylase activity [is_a relation] is_a  hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides (GO:0016811)

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