Parent Class:

EC-Numbers → 3 -- Hydrolases → 3.5 -- Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds → 3.5.1 -- In linear amides

Synonyms: bshB (gene name)

Reaction:
(S)-malyl N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminide + H₂O → (S)-malyl α-D-glucosaminide + acetate

Enzymes and Genes:
(S)-malyl N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminide deacetylase 2: bshB2 ( Bacillus subtilis subtilis 168 )
(S)-malyl N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminide deacetylase 1: bshB1 ( Bacillus subtilis subtilis 168 )

Summary:
The enzyme catalyses a step in the biosynthesis of bacillithiol.

Citations: [Gaballa10]

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References

Gaballa10: Gaballa A, Newton GL, Antelmann H, Parsonage D, Upton H, Rawat M, Claiborne A, Fahey RC, Helmann JD (2010). "Biosynthesis and functions of bacillithiol, a major low-molecular-weight thiol in Bacilli." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(14);6482-6. PMID: 20308541

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