Acetylsalicylate deacetylase
| acetylsalicylate deacetylase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.1.1.55 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 87348-04-7 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, an acetylsalicylate deacetylase (EC 3.1.1.55) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- acetylsalicylate + H2O salicylate + acetate
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are acetylsalicylate and H2O, whereas its two products are salicylate and acetate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is acetylsalicylate O-acetylhydrolase. Other names in common use include aspirin esterase, acetylsalicylic acid esterase, and aspirin hydrolase.
References
- Ali B, Kaur S (1983). "Mammalian tissue acetylsalicylic acid esterase(s): identification, distribution and discrimination from other esterases". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 226 (2): 589–94. PMID 6875867.
- Kim DH, Yang YS, Jakoby WB (1990). "Aspirin hydrolyzing esterases from rat liver cytosol". Biochem. Pharmacol. 40 (3): 481–7. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(90)90546-W. PMID 2383281.
- White KN, Hope DB (1984). "Partial purification and characterization of a microsomal carboxylesterase specific for salicylate esters from guinea-pig liver". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 785 (3): 138–47. doi:10.1016/0167-4838(84)90138-9. PMID 6704404.
