Amidases
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Amidases are enzymes that cleave the bond between nitrogen and carbon in compounds containing the -CO-NH group. Under their influence, nitrogen is split off either as ammonia, as seen with urease acting on urea, or as more complex organic compounds.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
AMIDASES, enzymes that cleave the bond between nitrogen and carbon in compounds containing a group of the type -CO-NH. Under the influence of amidases, nitrogen is split off either in the form of ammonia (from urea under the influence of urease) or in the form of more complex organic compounds (for example, in the form of glycocoll from hippuric acid under the influence of histozyme). Besides urease and histozyme, amidases include arginase, etc.
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“Amidases.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/amidases/