- Cetraxate benzylesterase
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cetraxate benzylesterase Identifiers EC number 3.1.1.70 Databases 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 / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles In enzymology, a cetraxate benzylesterase (EC 3.1.1.70) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- cetraxate benzyl ester + H2O cetraxate + benzyl alcohol
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are cetraxate benzyl ester and H2O, whereas its two products are cetraxate and benzyl alcohol.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is cetraxate-benzyl-ester benzylhydrolase.
References
- Kuroda H, Miyadera A, Imura A, Suzuki A (Tokyo). "Partial purification, and some properties and reactivities of cetraxate benzyl ester hydrochloride-hydrolyzing enzyme". Chem. Pharm. Bull. (11): 2929–32. PMID 2632040.
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