CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily alpha/beta hydrolase
Functional Family Lipase EstA

Enzyme Information

3.1.1.3
Triacylglycerol lipase.
based on mapping to UniProt P37957
Triacylglycerol + H(2)O = diacylglycerol + a carboxylate.
-!- The pancreatic enzyme acts only on an ester-water interface; the outer ester links are preferentially hydrolyzed.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P37957
ESTA_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
Lipase EstA

PDB Structure

PDB 1I6W
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Bacillus
Primary Citation
The crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis lipase: a minimal alpha/beta hydrolase fold enzyme.
van Pouderoyen, G., Eggert, T., Jaeger, K.E., Dijkstra, B.W.
J.Mol.Biol.