• Source: Methylumbelliferyl-acetate deacetylase

    • The enzyme methylumbelliferyl-acetate deacetylase (EC 3.1.1.56, esterase D) catalyzes the reaction

    4-methylumbelliferyl acetate + H2O



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    {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }

    4-methylumbelliferone + acetate
    This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name is 4-methylumbelliferyl-acetate acylhydrolase. This enzyme is also called esterase D.


    References



    Hopkinson DA, Mestriner MA, Cortner J, Harris H (1973). "Esterase D: a new human polymorphism". Ann. Hum. Genet. 37 (2): 119–37. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.1973.tb01820.x. PMID 4768551.

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