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sterol esterase activity

Term Information

Accession
GO:0004771
Name
sterol esterase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
acylcholesterol lipase activity, cholesterase activity, cholesterol ester hydrolase activity, cholesteryl ester hydrolase activity, cholesteryl ester synthase activity, cholesteryl esterase activity, sterol ester hydrolase activity, steryl-ester acylhydrolase activity, triterpenol esterase activity, cholesterol ester synthase activity, cholesterol esterase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: a steryl ester + H2O = a sterol + a fatty acid. Source: EC:3.1.1.13
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0004771 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_chembl
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Parents of sterol esterase activity (GO:0004771)
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sterol esterase activity [is_a relation] is_a  carboxylic ester hydrolase activity (GO:0052689)
sterol esterase activity [is_a relation] is_a  lipase activity (GO:0016298)

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