Formylaspartate deformylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
The enzyme characterised from Pseudomonas species hydrolyses N-formyl-L-aspartic acid to aspartic acid and formic acid. This reaction is part of the catabolism of imidazoleacetic acid.
This enzyme is a hydrolase, one acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is N-formyl-L-aspartate amidohydrolase. This enzyme is also called formylaspartic formylase (formylase I, formylase II).
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