Hydroxynitrile Lyase, Arabidopsis thaliana, recombinant from E. coli

Hydroxynitrile lyases (Oxynitrilases) are used for various biotransformation processes and to convert a broad range of substrates. They may be used with bacterial nitrilases to generate biocatalysts .

Hydroxynitrile lyases (Oxynitrilases) catalyze the addition of HCN to aldehydes and ketones thereby forming α-hydroxynitriles, also known as cyanohydrins . Product 79847, Hydroxynitrile Lyase from Arabidopsis thaliana , is used to hydrolyze mandelonitrile.

1 U corresponds to the amount of enzyme which converts 1 μmol mandelonitrile per minte at pH 5.0 and 25°C.