AmiGO 2: Term Details for "acetylesterase activity" (GO:0008126)

Accession: GO:0008126
Name: acetylesterase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: acetic ester hydrolase activity, acetic-ester acetylhydrolase activity, C-esterase (in animal tissues), chloroesterase, citrus acetylesterase, p-nitrophenyl acetate esterase
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: an acetic ester + H2O = an alcohol + acetate. Source: EC:3.1.1.6
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0008126 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: has participant acetate; has participant water; has participant aliphatic alcohol; has participant acetate ester; has participant hydron
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to acetylesterase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to acetylesterase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for acetylesterase activity (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
acetylesterase activity	RO:0000057	acetate (CHEBI:30089)
acetylesterase activity	is_a	short-chain carboxylesterase activity (GO:0034338)
acetylesterase activity	RO:0000057	water (CHEBI:15377)
acetylesterase activity	RO:0000057	aliphatic alcohol (CHEBI:2571)
acetylesterase activity	RO:0000057	acetate ester (CHEBI:47622)
acetylesterase activity	RO:0000057	hydron (CHEBI:15378)

subject	relation	object
rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase activity (GO:0046575)	is_a	acetylesterase activity
sialate O-acetylesterase activity (GO:0001681)	is_a	acetylesterase activity