| EC |
3.1.1.67 |
| Accepted name: |
fatty-acyl-ethyl-ester synthase |
| Reaction: |
a long-chain-fatty-acyl ethyl ester + H2O = a long-chain-fatty acid + ethanol |
| Glossary: |
a long-chain-fatty acid = a fatty acid with an aliphatic chain of 13-22 carbons. |
| Other name(s): |
FAEES |
| Systematic name: |
long-chain-fatty-acyl-ethyl-ester acylhydrolase |
| Comments: |
The reaction, forms ethyl esters from fatty acids and ethanol in the absence of coenzyme A or ATP. Best substrates are unsaturated octadecanoic acids; palmitate, stearate and arachidonate also act, but more slowly. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 90119-16-7 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Mogelson, S. and Lange, L.G. Nonoxidative ethanol metabolism in rabbit myocardium: purification to homogeneity of fatty acyl ethyl ester synthase. Biochemistry 23 (1984) 4075–4081. [PMID: 6487591] |
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| [EC 3.1.1.67 created 1989] |
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