The tissues most effective in the enzymatic hydrolysis of acyl esters of p-nitrophenol by tissue extracts of the rat and dog were the liver, lung, pancreas, renal cortex, and testis; in the dog tracheal and vesical mucosae were also esterase-rich and the lens had appreciable activity. Esterase was at low concentration in the tissues of the rat for 4 and 5 days after birth, but an increase to ad...

Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri are two closely related invasive ants native to South America. Despite their similarity in biology and behavior, S. invicta is a more successful invasive species. Toxic tolerance has been found to be important to the success of some invasive species. Esterases play a crucial role in toxic tolerance of insects. Hence, we hypothesized that the more invas...

Dolichyl ester hydrolase activity is broadly distributed among the organs of the rat. The highest activity was found in spleen, brain, lung, and thyroid tissues, whereas this activity is very low in stomach and intestine. The esterase involved is localized to the lumen of lysosomes and, to some extent, in the plasma membranes. Hydrolysis occurs with both alpha-saturated and alpha-unsaturated po...

A genomic library of Pseudomonas fluorescens DSM 50106 in a lambdaRESIII phage vector was screened in Escherichia coli K-12 for esterase activity by using alpha-naphthyl acetate and Fast Blue RR. A 3.2-kb DNA fragment was subcloned from an esterase-positive clone and completely sequenced. Esterase EstF1 was encoded by a 999-bp open reading frame (ORF) and exhibited significant amino acid sequen...

Neuropathy target esterase (NTE) is an integral membrane protein present in all neurons and in some non-neural-cell types of vertebrates. Recent data indicate that NTE is involved in a cell-signalling pathway controlling interactions between neurons and accessory glial cells in the developing nervous system. NTE has serine esterase activity and efficiently catalyses the hydrolysis of phenyl val...

Cholesteryl esterase activity has been demonstrated in the corpus luteum of the rat and the cow. The hydrolytic activity in bovine corpora lutea shows two pH optima, and is distributed throughout the particulate and supernatant fractions of the tissue. The greatest activity is present in the 5000 g pellet. The size of the available endogenous cholesteryl ester pools is also estimated. Some prop...

The question addressed is whether an increased intake of cholesterol affects esterase-1 (EC 3.1.1.1; ES-1) and butyrylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8) activity in plasma. Rats were fed on a purified diet either without or with cholesterol (10 g/kg) added at the expense of the carbohydrate source. Dietary cholesterol significantly decreased plasma butyrylcholinesterase activity, but raised plasma ES-...

The activated first component of complement (CI) possesses an esterase activity in vitro which will hydrolyse an ester of tyrosine to release H+. The activity of the serum inhibitor of C1 esterase may be measured by monitoring its ability to prevent H+ release under standard conditions. This paper describes a method of measuring such activity, monitoring H+ release by the use of either an acid ...