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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily alpha/beta hydrolase
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.1.1.1
Carboxylesterase.
based on mapping to UniProt O31452
A carboxylic ester + H(2)O = an alcohol + a carboxylate.
-!- Wide specificity; also hydrolyzes vitamin A esters. -!- The enzymes from microsomes also catalyze the reactions of EC 3.1.1.2, EC 3.1.1.5, EC 3.1.1.6, EC 3.1.1.23, EC 3.1.1.28, EC 3.1.2.2, EC 3.5.1.4 and EC 3.5.1.13. -!- Formerly EC 3.1.1.12.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

O31452
YBFK_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
Carboxylesterase YbfK

PDB Structure

PDB 4CCY
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal Structures of Two Bacillus Carboxylesterases with Different Enantioselectivities.
Rozeboom, H.J., Godinho, L.F., Nardini, M., Quax, W.J., Dijkstra, B.W.
Biochim.Biophys.Acta
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