EC |
3.1.1.10 |
Accepted name: |
tropinesterase |
Reaction: |
atropine + H2O = tropine + tropate |
Other name(s): |
tropine esterase; atropinase; atropine esterase |
Systematic name: |
atropine acylhydrolase |
Comments: |
Also acts on cocaine and other tropine esters. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 59536-71-9 |
References: |
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Glick, D., Glaubach, S. and Moore, D.H. Azolesterase activities of electrophoretically separated proteins of serum. J. Biol. Chem. 144 (1942) 525–528. |
2. |
Moog, P. and Krisch, K. [The purification and characterization of atropine esterase from rabbit liver microsomes] Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 355 (1974) 529–542. [PMID: 4435736] |
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[EC 3.1.1.10 created 1961, deleted 1972, reinstated 1976] |
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