title: Alpha/beta hydrolase fold: an update.
abstract: The alpha/beta hydrolase superfamily has rapidly expanded in recent years and continues to do so at an expeditious pace. According to the ESTHER database (http://bioweb.ensam.inra.fr/ESTHER) 29000 papers have been published cataloguing 89 family groups, comprising a total of 15438 gene loci and 666 structures. This paper presents a snapshot of the current family taxonomy, catalytic chemistries, structural topologies and useful technologies emerging from the knowledge base at the current time.
authors.affiliation: Research School of Chemistry, Australian Nation University, Building 35, Science Road, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ollis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D006801:Humans; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D005810:Multigene Family; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D006867:Hydrolases