Nitrilases agrobacterium

Rhodococcus rhodochrous was used for the hydrolysis of both granular PAN and acrylic fibers by nitrile hydratase and amidase (Tauber et al., 2000). Similarly, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (BST05) was found to convert polyacylonitrile into polyacrylic acid by nitrile hydratase and amidase (Fischer-Colbrie et al., 2006). Nitrilase was also used for the surface hydrolysis of PAN from Micrococcus luteus BST20 (Fischer-Colbrie et al., 2007). However, polyamidase from Nocardia farci-nica leads to an increase of polar groups on the surface of PA, which was measured by tensiometry (Heumann et al., 2009). 

E1/E2 = nitrilase/hydroxylase, whole cells, strain Agrobacterium sp. contains both enzymes... 

Hydrolysis of Heterocyclic Nitrile by Nitrilase from Agrobacterium sp. 

Hydroxypyrazine-2-carboxylic acid [121] Nitrilase and dehydrogenase Agrobacterium sp. 

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