From Thiocyanate to Carbonyl sulfide

Graphic of the reaction.

Graphic of its mechanism.

Medline reference
Katayama Y, Narahara Y, Inoue Y, Amano F, Kanagawa T, Kuraishi H. J Biol Chem (1992) 267(13): 9170-5.

Search Medline for thiocyanate AND hydrolase.
9 citations on March 09, 2012. 

         Thiocyanate         
              |
              |  H+ + H2O
  thiocyanate | /
    hydrolase |/
      3.5.5.8 | Search GenBank, 24 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
        Kyoto |\
       ExPASy | \
              |  NH3
              v
      Carbonyl sulfide
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