juvenile-hormone esterase activity

Term ID

GO:0004453

Synonyms

• JH esterase activity
• JH-esterase activity
• juvenile hormone analog esterase activity
• juvenile hormone carboxyesterase activity
• methyl-(2E,6E)-(10R,11S)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyltrideca-2,6-dienoate acylhydrolase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: methyl (2E,6E)-(10R,11S)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyltrideca-2,6-dienoate + H2O = (2E,6E)-(10R,11S)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyltrideca-2,6-dienoate + methanol. A carboxylesterase that hydrolyzes the ester linkage of juvenile hormone. 11267890

References

• EC:3.1.1.59
• MetaCyc:JUVENILE-HORMONE-ESTERASE-RXN
• RHEA:16393

Ontology

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