acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase 1 (acyl-CoA thioesterase 1, inducible cytosolic acyl-coenzyme A thioester hydrolase, long chain acyl-CoA thioester hydrolase, long chain acyl-CoA hydrolase, CTE-I, CTE-Ib, ACOT1, CTE1)

Function

• acyl-CoA thioesterase
• active towards fatty acyl-CoA with chain-lengths of C12-C16

Palmitoyl-CoA + H2O <--> CoA + palmitate

Structure

• monomer
• belongs to the C/M/P thioester hydrolase family

Compartment

cytoplasm

More general terms

• acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q86TX2.html