Wax-ester hydrolase
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| EC no. | 3.1.1.50 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 66625-78-3 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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The enzyme wax-ester hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.50) catalyzes the reaction
- a wax ester + H2O a long-chain alcohol + a long-chain carboxylate
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are wax ester and H2O, whereas its two products are long-chain alcohol and long-chain carboxylate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is wax-ester acylhydrolase. Other names in common use include jojoba wax esterase, and WEH.
References
[edit]- Huang AH, Moreau RA, Liu KD (1978). "Development and properties of a wax ester hydrolase in the cotyledons of jojoba seedlings". Plant Physiol. 61 (3): 339–341. doi:10.1104/pp.61.3.339. PMC 1091863. PMID 16660288.
- Moreau RA; Huang AHC (1981). "Enzymes of wax ester catabolism in jojoba". Lipids Part C. Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 71. pp. 804–813. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(81)71095-4. ISBN 978-0-12-181971-2.
