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Pimelyl (acyl carrier protein) methyl ester esterase

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EC number
  
3.1.1.85

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

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IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Pimelyl-(acyl-carrier protein) methyl ester esterase (EC 3.1.1.85, BioH) is an enzyme with systematic name pimelyl-(acyl-carrier protein) methyl ester hydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

pimelyl-[acyl-carrier protein] methyl ester + H2O ⇌ pimelyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + methanol

This enzyme takes part in biotin biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria.

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