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In enzymology, a biuret amidohydrolase (EC 3.5.1.84) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

biuret + H₂O urea(CH₄N₂O) + CO₂ + NH₃

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are biuret and H₂O, whereas its 3 products are urea, CO₂, and NH₃.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is biuret amidohydrolase. This enzyme participates in atrazine degradation.

References

• Cook AM, Beilstein P, Grossenbacher H, Hutter R (1985). "Ring cleavage and degradative pathway of cyanuric acid in bacteria". Biochem. J. 231 (1): 25–30. PMC 1152698. PMID 3904735.