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Categories: EC 3.1.1, EC 3.1 stubs, Enzymes of known structure
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Sterol esterase  acylcholesterol lipase  cholesterase  cholesterol ester hydrolase  cholesteryl ester hydrolase
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In enzymology, a sterol esterase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction sterol ester + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } sterol + fatty acidThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are sterol ester and H2O, whereas its two products are sterol and fatty acid. Wikipedia
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In enzymology, a sterol esterase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction sterol ester + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } sterol + fatty acidThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are sterol ester and H2O, whereas its two products are sterol and fatty acid. Wikipedia
Class of enzymes Wikidata
Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a sterol ester (typically of a fatty acid). Wiktionary
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lipase
carboxylesterase
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Sterol esterase
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Sterol esterase
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sterol esterase
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EC 3.1.1.13, steryl-ester acylhydrolase
Wikidata Alias
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acylcholesterol lipase, cholesterase, cholesterol ester hydrolase, cholesteryl ester hydrolase, cholesteryl ester synthase, cholesteryl esterase, sterol ester hydrolase, steryl-ester acylhydrolase, triterpenol esterase

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