Wax-ester hydrolase

Wax-ester hydrolase

In enzymology, a wax-ester hydrolase (EC number|3.1.1.50) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:a wax ester + H2O ightleftharpoons 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.

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::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|66625-78-3."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes


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