EC 3.1.1.56: Methylumbelliferyl-acetate deacetylase
Reaction catalysed:
4-methylumbelliferyl acetate + H(2)O = 4-methylumbelliferone + acetate
Systematic name:
4-methylumbelliferyl-acetate acylhydrolase
Alternative Name(s):
- Esterase D
EC 3.1.1.13: Sterol esterase
Reaction catalysed:
A steryl ester + H(2)O = a sterol + a fatty acid
Systematic name:
Steryl-ester acylhydrolase
Alternative Name(s):
- Acylcholesterol lipase
- Cholesterase
- Cholesterol ester hydrolase
- Cholesterol ester synthase
- Cholesterol esterase
- Cholesteryl ester hydrolase
- Cholesteryl ester synthase
- Cholesteryl esterase
- Sterol ester hydrolase
- Triterpenol esterase
EC 3.1.1.1: Carboxylesterase
Reaction catalysed:
A carboxylic ester + H(2)O = an alcohol + a carboxylate
Systematic name:
Carboxylic-ester hydrolase
Alternative Name(s):
- Ali-esterase
- Alpha-carboxylesterase
- B-esterase
- Butyrate esterase
- Butyryl esterase
- Carboxyesterase
- Carboxyl ester hydrolase
- Carboxylate esterase
- Carboxylic acid esterase
- Carboxylic esterase
- Cocaine esterase
- Esterase A
- Esterase B
- Esterase D
- Methylbutyrase
- Methylbutyrate esterase
- Monobutyrase
- Nonspecific carboxylesterase
- Procaine esterase
- Propionyl esterase
- Serine esterase
- Triacetin esterase
- Vitamin A esterase
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- regulation of bile acid secretion
- positive regulation of cholesterol metabolic process
- cholesterol ester hydrolysis involved in cholesterol transport
- cellular response to low-density lipoprotein particle stimulus
- cellular response to cholesterol
- regulation of bile acid biosynthetic process
- medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process
- reverse cholesterol transport
- cholesterol homeostasis
- epithelial cell differentiation
- lipid catabolic process
- negative regulation of cholesterol storage
- positive regulation of cholesterol efflux
- response to toxic substance
- cholesterol metabolic process
- cholesterol biosynthetic process
- lipid metabolic process