ID   4.1.2.46
DE   aliphatic (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase.
AN   (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase.
AN   (R)-oxynitrilase.
CA   (2R)-2-hydroxy-2-methylbutanenitrile = butan-2-one + hydrogen cyanide.
CC   -!- The enzyme catalyzes the stereoselective synthesis of aliphatic (R)-
CC       cyanohydrins.
CC   -!- No activity toward mandelonitrile and 4-hydroxymandelonitrile.
CC   -!- Natural substrates for the (R)-oxynitrilase from Linum usitatissimum
CC       are acetone and butan-2-one, which are the building blocks of the
CC       cyanogen glycosides in Linum, linamarin and lotaustralin,
CC       or linustatin and neolinustatin, respectively.
CC   -!- Formerly EC 4.1.2.37 and EC 4.1.2.39.
DR   P93243, AHNL_LINUS ;
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