Encodes a protein shown to have carboxylesterase activity in vitro. It has similarity to the SABP2 methyl salicylate esterase from tobacco. This protein does not act on methyl IAA, methyl JA, MeSA, MeGA4, or MEGA9 in vitro.
Computational Description
methyl esterase 8 (MES8); FUNCTIONS IN: hydrolase activity, hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Alpha/beta hydrolase fold-1 (InterPro:IPR000073); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: acetone-cyanohydrin lyase (TAIR:AT2G23600.1); Has 1944 Blast hits to 1942 proteins in 432 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 1125; Metazoa - 4; Fungi - 28; Plants - 614; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 173 (source: NCBI BLink).
