title: Esterases: problems of identification and classification.
abstract: The problems of esterase classification are discussed and some ideas presented to clarify the present confused state of the classification systems.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase; D002219:Carbamates / Q000378:metabolism; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000145:classification; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004793:Enzyme Reactivators; D004950:Esterases / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D007531:Isoflurophate / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000145:classification; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D004793:Enzyme Reactivators; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D007531:Isoflurophate; D004950:Esterases; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C019734:arylesterase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase