Cutinase

The enzyme cutinase (<a href="/facts/List_of_enzymes/w2RP6EwU">systematic name</a>: cutin hydrolase, <a href="https://www.enzyme-database.org/query.php?ec=3.1.1.74">EC 3.1.1.74</a>) is a member of the <a href="/facts/Hydrolase/XW89JvNF">hydrolase family</a>. It <a href="/facts/Catalysis/LPBS7TQC">catalyzes</a> the following reaction:

R
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 COOR
 
 2
 
 
 
 
 
 +
 
 H
 
 2
 
 
 
 
 
 O
 ⟶
 
 R
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 COOH
 +
 
 R
 
 2
 
 
 
 
 
 OH
 
 
 
 {\displaystyle {\ce {R1COOR2 + H2O -> R1COOH + R2OH}}}

In biological systems, the reactant carboxylic <a href="/facts/Ester/FoUAIIw4">ester</a> is a constituent of the <a href="/facts/Cutin/trhkVT3m">cutin</a> <a href="/facts/Polymer/eF32E50K">polymer</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Hydrolysis/JTvwIHPs">hydrolysis</a> of cutin results in the formation of alcohol and <a href="/facts/Carboxylic_acid/U4xuMosy">carboxylic acid</a> <a href="/facts/Monomer/Gw3CltMb">monomer</a> products.

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Cutinase