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2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase
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Class of enzymes
2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase 3.5.99.9
2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase (3.5.99.9, NnhA, 2NI nitrohydrolase, 2NI denitrase) is an enzyme with systematic name 2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase. Qu Y, Spain JC Catabolic pathway for 2-nitroimidazole involves a novel nitrohydrolase that also confers drug resistance Environmental Microbiology 13 4 1010–7 April 2011 21244596 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02406.x 2011EnvMi..13.1010Q 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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2-nitroimidazole+nitrohydrolase
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