| EC |
3.1.1.113 |
| Accepted name: |
ethyl acetate hydrolase |
| Reaction: |
ethyl acetate + H2O = acetate + ethanol |
| Other name(s): |
mekB (gene name); estZ (gene name) |
| Systematic name: |
ethyl acetate acetohydrolase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme, characterized from Pseudomonas strains, is involved in degradation of short chain alkyl methyl ketones. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Hasona, A., York, S.W., Yomano, L.P., Ingram, L.O. and Shanmugam, K.T. Decreasing the level of ethyl acetate in ethanolic fermentation broths of Escherichia coli KO11 by expression of Pseudomonas putida estZ esterase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68 (2002) 2651–2659. [PMID: 12039716] |
| 2. |
Onaca, C., Kieninger, M., Engesser, K.H. and Altenbuchner, J. Degradation of alkyl methyl ketones by Pseudomonas veronii MEK700. J. Bacteriol. 189 (2007) 3759–3767. [PMID: 17351032] |
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