TY - BOOK AU - Sexton,A.C. AU - Howlett,B.J. TI - Characterisation of a cyanide hydratase gene in the phytopathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans KW - LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS KW - CYANIDE HYDRATASE KW - BRASSICA KW - GLUCOSINOLATE N2 - Abstract A gene encoding a cyanide hydratase was cloned from an aggressive isolate of Leptosphaeria maculans, the fungus which causes blackleg disease of oilseed Brassica spp. This enzyme catalyses the breakdown of hydrogen cyanide to a less toxic compound, formamide. The predicted amino acid sequence of cyanide hydratase in L. maculans is 77 UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EZD879HUb6Ac3t39YaX6eSx6snjDwGti/view?usp=drivesdk ER -