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2 nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase

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EC number
  
3.5.99.9

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

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IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase (EC 3.5.99.9, NnhA, 2NI nitrohydrolase, 2NI denitrase) is an enzyme with systematic name 2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2-nitroimidazole + H2O ⇌ imidazol-2-one + nitrite

This enzyme is present in the soil bacterium Mycobacterium sp. JS330

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