cytosine deaminase activity

id: GO:0004131
name: cytosine deaminase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: cytosine + H2O = uracil + NH3.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016814hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in cyclic amidines
GO:0019239deaminase activity