Term Information

Accession
GO:0008126
Name
acetylesterase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
acetic ester hydrolase activity, acetic-ester acetylhydrolase activity, C-esterase (in animal tissues), chloroesterase, citrus acetylesterase, p-nitrophenyl acetate esterase
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: an acetic ester + H2O = an alcohol + acetate. Source: EC:3.1.1.6
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008126 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of acetylesterase activity (GO:0008126)
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acetylesterase activity [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain carboxylesterase activity (GO:0034338)
Children of acetylesterase activity (GO:0008126)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase activity (GO:0046575) [is_a relation] is_a  acetylesterase activity
sialate O-acetylesterase activity (GO:0001681) [is_a relation] is_a  acetylesterase activity
EC
3.1.1.6
MetaCyc
ACETYLESTERASE-RXN
RHEA
12957
UM-BBD_reactionID
r0170