N-benzyloxycarbonylglycine hydrolase () is an enzyme characterised from Streptococcus faecalis that catalyzes the hydrolysis of N-benzyloxycarbonylglycine to benzyl alcohol, glycine, and carbon dioxide:
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-benzyloxycarbonylglycine urethanehydrolase. Other names in common use include benzyloxycarbonylglycine hydrolase, Nalpha-carbobenzoxyamino acid amidohydrolase, Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl amino acid urethane hydrolase, and Nalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl amino acid urethane hydrolase I. It requires zinc or cobalt as cofactors.
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