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An ester is a chemical compound formed when the hydrogen atom in an acid is replaced by an organic group, creating a molecule with a distinctive structure. Esters are important because they occur widely in nature and industry—for example, they make up fats and oils, and they're used in fragrances, plastics, and many other everyday products.
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- Preserving ester-linked modifications reveals glutamate and aspartate mono-ADP-ribosylation by PARP1 and its reversal by PARG.Nature communications · 2024Longarini EJ, Matić IDOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48314-0
- Carboxylic ester hydrolases from hyperthermophiles.ReviewExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2009Levisson M, van der Oost J, Kengen SWDOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0260-4
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Сло́жные эфи́ры, или эсте́ры (от др.-греч. αἰθήρ — «эфир»), — производные кислородных кислот (как карбоновых, так и неорганических), имеющих общую формулу RkE(=O)l(OH)m, где l ≠ 0, формально являющиеся продуктами замещения атомов водорода в гидроксилах —OH кислотной функции на углеводородный остаток (алифатический, алкенильный, ароматический или гетероароматический); рассматриваются также как ацилпроизводные спиртов. В номенклатуре IUPAC к сложным эфирам относят также ацилпроизводные халькогенидных аналогов спиртов (тиолов, селенолов и теллуролов). Отличаются от простых эфиров (этеров), у которых два углеводородных радикала соединены атомом кислорода (R1—O—R2).
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