From Acrylonitrile to Acrylate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Kobayashi M, Yanaka N, Nagasawa T, Yamada H. Biochemistry (1992) 31(37): 9000-7.

Search Medline for aliphatic nitrilase.
8 citations on March 09, 2012. 

      Acrylonitrile      
            |
            |  2H2O
  aliphatic | /
  nitrilase |/
    3.5.5.7 | Search GenBank, 144 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
      Kyoto |\
     ExPASy | \
            |  NH3 + H+
            v
        Acrylate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Nitrile -----> Carboxylate (bt0030)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0622.
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