Wax-ester hydrolase

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

a wax ester + H₂O 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.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 3.1.1.50
• BRENDA references for 3.1.1.50 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 3.1.1.50
• PubMed Central references for 3.1.1.50
• Google Scholar references for 3.1.1.50
• Huang AHC, Moreau RA and Liu KDF (1978). "Development and properties of a wax ester hydrolase in the cotyledons of jojoba seedlings". Plant Physiol. 61: 339–341. 
• Moreau RA and Huang AHC (1981). "Enzymes of wax ester catabolism in jojoba". Methods Enzymol. 71: 804–813. 

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

• IUBMB entry for 3.1.1.50

• KEGG entry for 3.1.1.50

• BRENDA entry for 3.1.1.50

• NiceZyme view of 3.1.1.50

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 3.1.1.50

• PRIAM entry for 3.1.1.50

• PUMA2 entry for 3.1.1.50

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 3.1.1.50

• MetaCyc entry for 3.1.1.50

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0050398: wax-ester hydrolase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0050398: wax-ester hydrolase