IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.1.42

Accepted name: chlorogenate hydrolase

Reaction: chlorogenate + H2O = caffeate + quinate

Other name(s): chlorogenase; chlorogenic acid esterase

Systematic name: chlorogenate hydrolase

Comments: Also acts, more slowly, on isochlorogenate. No other substrates are known.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 74082-59-0

References:

1. Schöbel, B. and Pollmann, W. Isolation and characterization of a chlorogenic acid esterase from Aspergillus niger. Z. Naturforsch. C: Biosci. 35 (1980) 209-212. [PMID: 7385941]

2. Schöbel, B. and Pollmann, W. Weitere Charakterisierung einer Chlorogensäure - Hydrolase aus Aspergillus niger. Z. Naturforsch. C: Biosci. 35 (1980) 699-701. [PMID: 7445677]

[EC 3.1.1.42 created 1981]


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