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Esterases and amidases

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Cofactors used

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Phase I - Functionalization Xenobiotic & Drug Metabolism · Smooth ER (microsomes), mitochondria

step 2 Irreversible/directional

Ester or amide + H2O -> acid + alcohol/amine

Converts Ester or amide H2O into Alcohol/amine

› Notes

Non-CYP hydrolysis, e.g. aspirin to salicylate.

Showing all 1 reactions.

What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

0 entries

No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.

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