| acetylesterase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.1.1.6 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9000-82-2 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| BRENDA | enzyme data | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | enzyme entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| Rhea | reactions | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In biochemistry, an acetylesterase (EC 3.1.1.6) is a class of enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetic esters into an alcohol and acetic acid:
![{\displaystyle {\mathrm {R} {-}\mathrm {OC} (\mathrm {O} )\mathrm {CH} {\vphantom {A}}_{\smash[{t}]{3}}{}+{}\mathrm {H} {\vphantom {A}}_{\smash[{t}]{2}}\mathrm {O} }\quad {\xrightarrow[{\text{acetylesterase}}]{}}\quad {\mathrm {R} {-}\mathrm {OH} {}+{}\mathrm {HO} {-}\mathrm {C} (\mathrm {O} )\mathrm {CH} {\vphantom {A}}_{\smash[{t}]{3}}}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/978e47445ae4058f30de5d39e307bab0723d9209)
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.
