carboxylase (carboxylic ester hydrolase)

Introduction

Hydrolyzes carboxylic esters to carboxylic acid + alcohol

R-C=O   <-->  R-C=O   + R'-OH
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 OR'           OH

More general terms

• esterase

More specific terms

• arylacetamide deacetylase (AADAC, DAC)
• arylacetamide deacetylase-like (AADACL)
• aspartoacylase-2 (aminoacylase-3, ACY-3, acylase 3, hepatitis C virus core-binding protein 1, HCBP1, ACY3, ASPA2)
• carboxylesterase 2; CE-2; hCE-2; (CES2, ICE)
• Carboxylesterase 3 (liver carboxylesterase 31 homolog, CES3)
• carboxylesterase 7; cauxin; carboxylesterase-like urinary excreted protein homolog (CES7, CES5A)
• carboxylesterase UNQ440/PRO873 (CES4A)
• cholinesterase
• D-tyrosyl-tRNA(Tyr) deacylase 2 (DTD2, C14orf126)
• Ester hydrolase C11orf54 (C11orf54)
• esterase-B3
• lactonase
• lipase
• liver carboxylesterase; carboxylesterase 1; monocyte/macrophage serine esterase 1; acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase; ACAT; triacylglycerol hydrolase; TGH; Egasyn; brain carboxylesterase hBr1 (CES1, CES2)
• microsomal carboxylase
• Peptide deformylase, mitochondrial (polypeptide deformylase, PDF, PDF1A)
• sialate O-acetylesterase (sialic acid-specific 9-O-acetylesterase, H-Lse, SIAE, YSG2)