Enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of carboxylic acid esters with the formation of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid anion.
Synonyms: Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases, Ester Hydrolases, Carboxylic, EC 3.1.1.-, Hydrolases, Carboxylic Ester, Carboxylesterases
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76 ,76; ALDONOLACTONASE, CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE, DEHYDROASCORBATASE, MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES & NAPHTHOL AS D ESTERASE were see under ESTERASES 1975
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D002265