"Carboxylesterase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Carboxylesterase is a serine-dependent esterase with wide substrate specificity. The enzyme is involved in the detoxification of XENOBIOTICS and the activation of ester and of amide PRODRUGS.
| Descriptor ID |
D043182
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.352.100.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Carboxylesterase- Carboxylesterase
- Isocarboxazid amidase
- amidase, Isocarboxazid
- Non-specific Esterase
- Esterase, Non-specific
- Non specific Esterase
- Nonspecific Esterase
- Esterase, Nonspecific
- Procaine Esterase
- Esterase, Procaine
- Ali-esterase
- Ali esterase
- B-esterase
- B esterase
- CAP-hydrolyzing Enzyme
- CAP hydrolyzing Enzyme
- Enzyme, CAP-hydrolyzing
- Capsaicin-Hydrolyzing Enzyme
- Capsaicin Hydrolyzing Enzyme
- Enzyme, Capsaicin-Hydrolyzing
- Carboxyesterase
- Carboxylate Esterase
- Esterase, Carboxylate
- Carboxylester Lipase
- Lipase, Carboxylester
- Carboxylesterase B
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolase
- Ester Hydrolase, Carboxylic
- Hydrolase, Carboxylic Ester
- Naproxen Esterase
- Esterase, Naproxen
- Non-specific Carboxylesterase
- Carboxylesterase, Non-specific
- Non specific Carboxylesterase
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Requirement of differentiative signals of both interferon-gamma and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 for induction and secretion of interleukin-1 by HL-60 cells. Cancer Res. 1988 Apr 01; 48(7):1740-4.