KEGG ENZYME: 3.1.1.6

ENZYME: 3.1.1.6

Entry

EC 3.1.1.6                  Enzyme

Name

acetylesterase;
C-esterase (in animal tissues);
acetic ester hydrolase;
chloroesterase;
p-nitrophenyl acetate esterase;
Citrus acetylesterase

Class

Hydrolases;
Acting on ester bonds;
Carboxylic-ester hydrolases

Sysname

acetic-ester acetylhydrolase

Reaction(IUBMB)

an acetic ester + H2O = an alcohol + acetate [RN:R00628]

Reaction(KEGG)

R00628

Substrate

acetic ester [CPD:C01883];
H2O [CPD:C00001]

Product

alcohol [CPD:C00069];
acetate [CPD:C00033]

History

EC 3.1.1.6 created 1961

Reference

1 [PMID:13032041]

Authors

ALDRIDGE WN.

Title

Serum esterases. I. Two types of esterase (A and B) hydrolysing p-nitrophenyl acetate, propionate and butyrate, and a method for their determination.

Journal

Biochem J 53:110-7 (1953)
DOI:10.1042/bj0530110

Reference

2 [PMID:16748846]

Authors

Bergmann F, Rimon S.

Title

Fractionation of C-esterase from the hog's kidney extract.

Journal

Biochem J 77:209-14 (1960)
DOI:10.1042/bj0770209

Reference

3 [PMID:18880795]

Authors

JANSEN EF, NUTTING MD, BALLS AK

Title

The reversible inhibition of acetylesterase by diisopropyl fluorophosphate and tetraethyl pyrophosphate.

Journal

J Biol Chem 175:975-87 (1948)

Other DBs

ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database:

3.1.1.6

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature:

3.1.1.6

ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database:

3.1.1.6

UM-BBD (Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database):

3.1.1.6

BRENDA, the Enzyme Database:

3.1.1.6

CAS:

9000-82-2

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