Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of an ester.
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Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of an ester.
Enzymes that hydrolyse esters, i.e. cleave the ester linkage to form free acid and alcohol. Those that hydrolyse the ester linkages of fats are generally known as lipases, and those that hydrolyse phospholipids as phospholipases.
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester into its alcohol and acid.
Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of esters into its alcohol and acid.
An esterase is a hydrolase enzyme that splits esters into an acid and an alcohol in a chemical reaction with water called hydrolysis.
A wide range of different esterases exist that differ in their substrate specificity, their protein structure, and their biological function.
| Proteins: enzymes | |
|---|---|
| Topics | Active site -
Allosteric regulation - Binding site -
Catalytically perfect enzyme - Coenzyme -
Cofactor - Cooperativity -
EC number Enzyme catalysis - Enzyme inhibitor - Enzyme kinetics - Lineweaver-Burk plot - |
| Types | EC1 Oxidoreductases/list - EC2 Transferases/list - EC3 Hydrolases/list - EC4 Lyases/list - EC5 Isomerases/list - EC6 Ligases/list |
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