| 释义 |
esterase Biochem.|ˈɛstəreɪs, -z|
[f. ester + -ase.]
An enzyme which brings about the hydrolysis of an ester into the corresponding acid and alcohol.
1916A. E. Porter in Biochem. Jrnl. X. 523 (title) The distribution of esterases in the animal body. Ibid., Esterases such as cholesteryl esterases and wax-splitting ferments, that is ferments which are able to split the esters of higher alcohols. 1949H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxxi. 1076 The blood of the mouse, rat and guinea-pig was shown to contain an esterase which hydrolysed the methyl and benzyl esters. 1956Nature 28 Jan. 185/2 The esterase activity was expressed as the amount of carbon dioxide evolved from the bicarbonate buffer by the acid formed during the enzymatic hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine. |