A thiocyanate hydrolase is an enzyme belonging to the family of hydrolases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is thiocyanate aminohydrolase.
This enzyme catalyzes the chemical reaction:SCN− + 2 H2O + H+ ⇌ SCO + NH3
Structural studies
As of late 2007, 4 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes , , , and . A second thiocyanate hydrolase with copper at its active site catalyzes its conversion to cyanate: : ==References==