Term Name: carboxylic ester hydrolase activity
Synonyms: ali-esterase activity, alpha-carboxylesterase activity, B-esterase activity, carboxylate esterase activity, carboxylic esterase activity, hydrolase activity acting on ester bonds, nonspecific carboxylesterase activity, serine esterase activity, triacetin esterase, vitamin A esterase
Definition: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a carboxylic ester bond.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0052689]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds
has subtype: 1,4-lactonase activity 1-alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine esterase activity 2-oxo-3-(5-oxofuran-2-ylidene)propanoate lactonase activity 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylate lactonase activity 3-oxoadipate enol-lactonase activity 4-methyloxaloacetate esterase activity 4-O-methyl-glucuronoyl methylesterase activity 4-pyridoxolactonase activity 4-sulfomuconolactone hydrolase activity 5-(3,4-diacetoxybut-1-ynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene deacetylase activity 6-acetylglucose deacetylase activity 6-phosphogluconolactonase activity 11-cis-retinyl-palmitate hydrolase activity acetoxybutynylbithiophene deacetylase activity acetylajmaline esterase activity acetylalkylglycerol acetylhydrolase activity acetylsalicylate deacetylase activity acetylxylan esterase activity aclacinomycin T methylesterase activity actinomycin lactonase activity acylcarnitine hydrolase activity acyloxyacyl hydrolase activity all-trans-retinyl-ester hydrolase, 11-cis retinol forming activity alpha-amino-acid esterase activity aminoacyl-tRNA editing activity aminoacyl-tRNA hydrolase activity arylesterase activity bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate esterase activity brefeldin A esterase activity carboxylesterase activity carboxymethylenebutenolidase activity cephalosporin-C deacetylase activity cetraxate benzylesterase activity chlorogenate hydrolase activity chlorophyllase activity cholinesterase activity cutinase activity D-arabinonolactonase activity deoxylimonate A-ring-lactonase activity dihydrocoumarin hydrolase activity diphthine methylesterase activity fatty-acyl-ethyl-ester synthase activity feruloyl esterase activity fusarinine-C ornithinesterase activity gluconolactonase activity heparan sulfate N-deacetylase activity hydroxybutyrate-dimer hydrolase activity juvenile-hormone esterase activity L-arabinonolactonase activity L-ascorbate 6-phosphate lactonase activity L-rhamnono-1,4-lactonase activity L-seryl-tRNA(Thr) hydrolase activity lactonohydrolase activity limonin-D-ring-lactonase activity methyl indole-3-acetate esterase activity methyl jasmonate esterase activity methyl salicylate esterase activity methylumbelliferyl-acetate deacetylase activity mycophenolic acid acyl-glucuronide esterase activity N-acetylgalactosaminoglycan deacetylase activity O-acetyl-ADP-ribose deacetylase activity orsellinate-depside hydrolase activity palmitoleyl hydrolase activity pectin acetylesterase activity pectinesterase activity pheophorbidase activity pheophytinase activity phorbol-diester hydrolase activity phosphatidylinositol deacylase activity pimelyl-[acyl-carrier protein] methyl ester esterase activity poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase activity poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) depolymerase activity polyneuridine-aldehyde esterase activity primary fluorescent dioxobilin-type chlorophyll catabolite methylesterase activity protein methylesterase activity retinyl-palmitate esterase activity Ser(Gly)-tRNA(Ala) hydrolase activity short-chain carboxylesterase activity sinapine esterase activity steroid-lactonase activity tannase activity trans-permethrin hydrolase activity triacetate-lactonase activity tropinesterase activity uronolactonase activity vinylacetate caboxylester hydrolase activity wax-ester hydrolase activity xylono-1,4-lactonase activity