amidase /am·i·dase/ (am´ĭ-dās)
amidase
1. any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of carbon–nitrogen bonds in amides.
2. an enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of the carbon–nitrogen bond of a monocarboxylic acid amide to form a monocarboxylic acid and ammonia.
am·i·dase ( m  -d s , -dz)n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of monocarboxylic amides, thus freeing ammonia. Also called acylamidase, acylase. |
amidase
[am′i·dās]
1 an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of a monocarboxylic acid and ammonia by hydrolytic cleavage of the C─N bond of a monocarboxylic acid amide.
2 a term used in the recommended and trivial names of some hydrolases acting on amides, particularly those acting on linear amides.
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