nitrilase activity

id: GO:0000257
name: nitrilase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0018761bromoxynil nitrilase activity
GO:0018762aliphatic nitrilase activity
GO:0047426ricinine nitrilase activity
GO:0047427cyanoalanine nitrilase activity
GO:0047428arylacetonitrilase activity
GO:0080061indole-3-acetonitrile nitrilase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016815hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in nitriles