AmiGO 2: Term Details for "short-chain carboxylesterase activity" (GO:0034338)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0034338
Name: short-chain carboxylesterase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: butyrate esterase activity, butyryl esterase activity, methylbutyrase activity, methylbutyrate esterase activity, monobutyrase activity, propionyl esterase activity, short-chain esterase activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: a carboxylic ester + H2O = an alcohol + a carboxylic anion, where the carboxylic chain has 8 or fewer carbon atoms. Source: GOC:jp
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0034338 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to short-chain carboxylesterase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to short-chain carboxylesterase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for short-chain carboxylesterase activity (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0016787 hydrolase activity
GO:0016788 hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds
GO:0052689 carboxylic ester hydrolase activity
GO:0034338 short-chain carboxylesterase activity
GO:0008126 acetylesterase activity

Parents of short-chain carboxylesterase activity (GO:0034338)

subject	relation	object
short-chain carboxylesterase activity	is_a	carboxylic ester hydrolase activity (GO:0052689)

Children of short-chain carboxylesterase activity (GO:0034338)

subject	relation	object
acetylesterase activity (GO:0008126)	is_a	short-chain carboxylesterase activity

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