Table 2

Carboxylesterases, species, and highly identical enzymes

EnzymeSpeciesHighly Identical Enzymes2-aReference
HCE-1HumanHU1, hCE, human CE, CE, macrophage Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
HCE-1vHumanhCEv Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
HCE-2HumanhCE-2, iCEPindel et al. (1997)
HCE-3HumanHBr32-a Mori et al. (1999)
Hydrolase ARatpI 6.1, RH1, hncCEH Ghosh et al. (1995), Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
Hydrolase BRatES-4 Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
Hydrolase SRatE1, rat CE, RS1 Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
Hydrolase ERatES3 (egasyn) Robbi and Beaufay (1994)
M-LKMouseThis studyThis study
M-EMouseegasyn Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
M-SMouseEs-N Satoh and Hosokawa (1998)
  • 2-a  Sequence identity is equal to or higher than 98% based on the Blast search with the exception of HCE-3 and HBr3, which share a 96% sequence identity.