What does "nitrilase" mean?

Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.

Nitrilase

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Noun

1
Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From nitrile + -ase.

Related phrases

carboxylic acid

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