Structure of uncomplexed and linoleate-bound Candida cylindracea cholesterol esterase.
Ghosh, D., Wawrzak, Z., Pletnev, V.Z., Li, N., Kaiser, R., Pangborn, W., Jornvall, H., Erman, M., Duax, W.L.(1995) Structure 3: 279-288
- PubMed: 7788294 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00158-7
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1CLE - PubMed Abstract: 
Candida cylindracea cholesterol esterase (CE) reversibly hydrolyzes cholesteryl linoleate and oleate. CE belongs to the same alpha/beta hydrolase superfamily as triacylglycerol acyl hydrolases and cholinesterases. Other members of the family that have been studied by X-ray crystallography include Torpedo californica acetylcholinesterase, Geotrichum candidum lipase and Candida rugosa lipase. CE is homologous to C. rugosa lipase 1, a triacylglycerol acyl hydrolase, with which it shares 89% sequence identity. The present study explores the details of dimer formation of CE and the basis for its substrate specificity.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc., Buffalo, NY 14203-1196, USA.