From N-Cyclohexylisocyanide to N-Cyclohexylformamide

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Goda M, Hashimoto Y, Takase M, Herai S, Iwahara Y, Higashibata H, Kobayashi M. J Biol Chem (2002) 277(48): 45860-5.

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13 citations on March 09, 2012. 
  N-Cyclohexylisocyanide   
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             |  H2O
  isonitrile | /
   hydratase |/
   4.2.1.103 | Search GenBank, 65 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
       Kyoto |
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   N-Cyclohexylformamide
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
substituted Isonitrile -----> N-substituted Formamide (bt0298)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1029.
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