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Facts about Valacyclovir hydrolase.
May play a role in detoxification processes. It is a particular alpha-amino acid ester hydrolase that prefers small, hydrophobic, and aromatic side chains and doesn't have a stringent requirement for the departing group other than preferring a primary alcohol.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | BPHL |
Uniprot: | Q86WA6 |
Entrez: | 670 |
Belongs to: |
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AB hydrolase superfamily |
biphenyl hydrolase-like (serine hydrolase); Biphenyl hydrolase-like protein; Biphenyl hydrolase-related protein; Bph-rp; Breast epithelial mucin-associated antigen; EC 3.1; MCNAA; MGC125930; MGC41865; VACVASE; valacyclovir hydrolase; valacyclovirase
Mass (kDA):
32.543 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 6p25.2 |
Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (3118376..3153599) |
Expressed at high levels in liver and kidney and lower levels in heart, intestine and skeletal muscle.
PMID: 7759552 by Puente X.S., et al. Cloning and expression analysis of a novel human serine hydrolase with sequence similarity to prokaryotic enzymes involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds.
PMID: 2393862 by Larocca D., et al. Cloning and sequencing of a complementary DNA encoding a M(r) 70,000 human breast epithelial mucin-associated antigen.