Nitrile hydratases are unusual metalloenzymes that catalyze the hydration of nitriles to their corresponding amides. They are used as biocatalysts in acrylamide production, one of the few commercial scale bioprocesses, as well as in environmental remediation for the removal of nitriles from waste streams ...
Nitrile hydratases are unusual metalloenzymes that catalyze the hydration of nitriles to their corresponding amides. They are used as biocatalysts in acrylamide production, one of the few commercial scale bioprocesses, as well as in environmental remediation for the removal of nitriles from waste streams. Nitrile hydratases are composed of two subunits, alpha and beta, and they contain one iron atom per alphabeta unit. We have determined the crystal structure of photoactivated iron-containing nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus sp. R312 to 2.65 A resolution as a first step in the elucidation of its catalytic mechanism.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
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