acetylesterase
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In biochemistry, an acetylesterase () is a class of enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetic esters into an alcohol and acetic acid:
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It sits within the topics EC 3.1.1 and Enzymes of known structure.
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Research
859 papers- Esterases and autoimmunity: the sialic acid acetylesterase pathway and the regulation of peripheral B cell tolerance.Trends in immunology · 2009
- The structure of Phocaeicola vulgatus sialic acid acetylesterase.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2022
- O-acetylesterase activity of Bifidobacterium bifidum sialidase facilities the liberation of sialic acid and encourages the proliferation of sialic acid scavenging Bifidobacterium breve.Environmental microbiology reports · 2022
- Citrus acetylesterase.Archives of biochemistry · 1947
- The sialyl-O-acetylesterase NanS of Tannerella forsythia encompasses two catalytic modules with different regiospecificity for O7 and O9 of sialic acid.Glycobiology · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- carboxylesterase
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- EC enzyme number
- 3.1.1.6
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- Structural studies
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In biochemistry, an acetylesterase () is a class of enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetic esters into an alcohol and acetic acid: \ce{R-OC(O)CH3 + H2O} \quad \xrightarrow[\text{acetylesterase}]{} \quad \ce{R-OH + HO-C(O)CH3}
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds (esterases). The systematic name of this enzyme class is acetic-ester acetylhydrolase. Other names in common use include C-esterase (in animal tissues), acetic ester hydrolase, chloroesterase, '''p-nitrophenyl acetate esterase, and citrus acetylesterase'''.
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