| Synonyms |
6-aminohexanoate oligomer hydrolase, 6-aminohexanoate-dimer hydrolase, 6-aminohexanoate-hydrolase, 6-aminohexanoate-linear-dimer hydrolase, 6-aminohexanoate-oligomer hydrolase, 6-aminohexanoate-oligomer-hydrolase, 6-aminohexanoic acid-oligomer hydrolase, Ahx endo-type-oligomer hydrolase, Ahx-linear-dimer hydrolase, Ahx-oligomer hydrolase, AL2 hydrolase, Ald hydrolase, EII, endo-type 6-aminohexanoate oligomer hydrolase, endotype Ahx-oligomer hydrolase, NylB, NylB-type nylon-oligomer hydrolase, NylC, nylon hydrolase, nylon oligomer hydrolase, nylon oligomer-hydrolyzing enzyme, nylon-oligomer hydrolase, nylonase |
| Comments |
The enzyme is involved in degradation of nylon-6 oligomers. It degrades linear or cyclic oligomers of poly(6-aminohexanoate) with a degree of polymerization greater than three (n > 3) by endo-type cleavage, to oligomers of a length of two or more (2 ¡Ü x < n). It shows negligible activity with N-(6-aminohexanoyl)-6-aminohexanoate (cf. EC 3.5.1.46, 6-aminohexanoate-oligomer exo hydrolase) or with 1,8-diazacyclotetradecane-2,9-dione (cf. EC 3.5.2.12, 6-aminohexanoate-cyclic-dimer hydrolase).
The enzyme is involved in degradation of nylon-6 oligomers. It degrades linear or cyclic oligomers of poly(6-aminohexanoate) with a degree of polymerization greater than three (n > 3) by endo-type cleavage, to oligomers of a length of two or more (2 ¡Ü x < n). It shows negligible activity with N-(6-aminohexanoyl)-6-aminohexanoate (cf. EC 3.5.1.46) or with 1,8-diazacyclotetradecane-2,9-dione (cf. EC 3.5.2.12). |
