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Carboxylesterase family

Carboxylesterase
PDB 1xlv EBI.jpg
Structure of ethylphosphorylated Butyrylcholinesterase.
Identifiers
Symbol COesterase
Pfam PF00135
InterPro IPR002018
PROSITE PDOC00112
SCOP 1acj
SUPERFAMILY 1acj
OPM superfamily 135
OPM protein 1p0i
CDD cd00312

Carboxylesterase, type B is a family of evolutionarily related proteins.

Higher eukaryotes have many distinct esterases. The different types include those that act on carboxylic esters (EC 3.1.1). Carboxyl-esterases have been classified into three categories (A, B and C) on the basis of differential patterns of inhibition by organophosphates. The sequence of a number of type-B carboxylesterases indicates that the majority are evolutionarily related. As is the case for lipases and serine proteases, the catalytic apparatus of esterases involves three residues (catalytic triad): a serine, a glutamate or aspartate and a histidine. This family belongs to the superfamily of proteins with the Alpha/beta hydrolase fold.

Human genes that encode proteins containing the carboxylesterase domain include:


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