Alpha/beta hydrolase fold

In molecular biology, the alpha/beta hydrolase fold is common to a number of hydrolytic enzymes of widely differing phylogenetic origin and catalytic function. The core of each enzyme is an alpha/beta-sheet (rather than a barrel), containing 8 strands connected by helices. The enzymes are believed to have diverged from a common ancestor, preserving the arrangement of the catalytic residues. All have a catalytic triad, the elements of which are borne on loops, which are the best-conserved structural features of the fold.

This catalytic domain is found in a very wide range of enzymes which do not share obvious sequence similarity. The alpha/beta hydrolase fold includes proteases, lipases, peroxidases, esterases, epoxide hydrolases and dehalogenases.

Database
The ESTHER database provides a large collection of information about this family of proteins.

Subfamilies

 * 3-oxoadipate enol-lactonase

Human proteins containing this domain
ABHD10; ABHD11; ABHD12; ABHD12B; ABHD13; ABHD2; ABHD3; ABHD4; ABHD5; ABHD6; ABHD7; ABHD8; ABHD9; BAT5; BPHL; C20orf135; EPHX1; EPHX2; FAM108B1; LIPA; LIPF; LIPJ; LIPK; LIPM; LIPN; MEST; MGLL; PPME1; SERHL; SERHL2; SPG21;