IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.2.2

Accepted name: palmitoyl-CoA hydrolase

Reaction: palmitoyl-CoA + H2O = CoA + palmitate

Other name(s): long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA hydrolase; palmitoyl coenzyme A hydrolase; palmitoyl thioesterase; palmitoyl coenzyme A hydrolase; palmitoyl-CoA deacylase; palmityl thioesterase; palmityl-CoA deacylase; fatty acyl thioesterase I; palmityl thioesterase I

Systematic name: palmitoyl-CoA hydrolase

Comments: Also hydrolyses CoA thioesters of other long-chain fatty acids.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-87-0

References:

1. Barnes, E.M., Jr. and Wakil, S.J. Studies on the mechanism of fatty acid synthesis. XIX. Preparation and general properties of palmityl thioesterase. J. Biol. Chem. 243 (1968) 2955-2962. [PMID: 4871199]

2. Berge, R.K. and Farstad, M. Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA hydrolase from rat liver mitochondria. Methods Enzymol. 71 (1981) 234-242. [PMID: 6116156]

3. Miyazawa, S., Furuta, S. and Hashimoto, T. Induction of a novel long-chain acyl-CoA hydrolase in rat liver by administration of peroxisome proliferators. Eur. J. Biochem. 117 (1981) 425-430. [PMID: 6115749]

4. Srere, P.A., Seubert, W. and Lynen, F. Palmityl coenzyme A deacylase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 33 (1959) 313-319.

5. Yabusaki, K.K. and Ballou, C.E. Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA thioesterases from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Methods Enzymol. 71 (1981) 242-246.

[EC 3.1.2.2 created 1961]


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