EC |
3.1.1.11 |
Accepted name: |
pectinesterase |
Reaction: |
pectin + n H2O = n methanol + pectate |
Other name(s): |
pectin demethoxylase; pectin methoxylase; pectin methylesterase; pectase; pectin methyl esterase; pectinoesterase |
Systematic name: |
pectin pectylhydrolase |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-98-3 |
References: |
1. |
Deuel, H. and Stutz, E. Pectic substances and pectic enzymes. Adv. Enzymol. Relat. Areas Mol. Biol. 20 (1958) 341–382. [PMID: 13605988] |
2. |
Lineweaver, H. and Jansen, E.F. Pectic enzymes. Adv. Enzymol. Relat. Subj. Biochem. 11 (1951) 267–295. |
3. |
Mills, G.B. A biochemical study of Pseudomonas prunicola Wormald. I. Pectin esterase. Biochem. J. 44 (1949) 302–305. [PMID: 16748520] |
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[EC 3.1.1.11 created 1961] |
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