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EC 3.1.1.21                 Enzyme                                 

Name retinyl-palmitate esterase;
retinyl palmitate hydrolase;
retinyl palmitate hydrolyase;
retinyl ester hydrolase
Class Hydrolases;
Acting on ester bonds;
Carboxylic-ester hydrolases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname retinyl-palmitate palmitohydrolase
Reaction(IUBMB) retinyl palmitate + H2O = retinol + palmitate [RN:R02368]
Reaction(KEGG) R02368
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Substrate retinyl palmitate [CPD:C02588];
H2O [CPD:C00001]
Product retinol [CPD:C00473];
palmitate [CPD:C00249]
Pathway PATH: ec00830  Retinol metabolism
Reference
  Authors
  Title
  Journal
  Organism
1  [PMID:5901057]
Mahadevan S, Ayyoub NI, Roels OA.
Hydrolysis of retinol palmitate by rat liver.
J. Biol. Chem. 241 (1966) 57-64.
Rattus norvegicus [GN:rno]
Other DBs ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 3.1.1.21
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 3.1.1.21
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.1.1.21
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 3.1.1.21
CAS: 9063-69-8

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