- Source: Biuret amidohydrolase
In enzymology, a biuret amidohydrolase (EC 3.5.1.84) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
biuret + H2O
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{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
urea(CH4N2O) + CO2 + NH3
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are biuret and H2O, whereas its 3 products are urea, CO2, and NH3.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is biuret amidohydrolase. This enzyme participates in atrazine degradation.
References
Cook AM, Beilstein P, Grossenbacher H, Hutter R (1985). "Ring cleavage and degradative pathway of cyanuric acid in bacteria". Biochem. J. 231 (1): 25–30. PMC 1152698. PMID 3904735.
