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    MES8 methyl esterase 8 [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

    Gene ID: 816891, updated on 18-Sep-2024

    Summary

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    Official Symbol
    MES8
    Official Full Name
    methyl esterase 8
    Primary source
    TAIR:AT2G23590
    Locus tag
    AT2G23590
    See related
    Araport:AT2G23590
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
    Also known as
    ATMES8; F26B6.24; F26B6_24; methyl esterase 8; METHYL ESTERASE 8
    Summary
    Encodes a protein shown to have carboxylesterase activity in vitro. It has similarity to the SABP2 methyl salicylate esterase from tobacco. This protein does not act on methyl IAA, methyl JA, MeSA, MeGA4, or MEGA9 in vitro.
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    Genomic context

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    Location:
    chromosome: 2
    Exon count:
    3
    Sequence:
    Chromosome: 2; NC_003071.7 (10034484..10036048, complement)

    Chromosome 2 - NC_003071.7Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene methyl esterase 19 Neighboring gene methyl esterase 4 Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene acetone-cyanohydrin lyase

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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    Genomic Sequence:
    NC_003071.7

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    Bibliography

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    Related articles in PubMed

    1. Inactive methyl indole-3-acetic acid ester can be hydrolyzed and activated by several esterases belonging to the AtMES esterase family of Arabidopsis. Yang Y, et al. Plant Physiol, 2008 Jul. PMID 18467465, Free PMC Article
    2. Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Lin X, et al. Nature, 1999 Dec 16. PMID 10617197

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    Pathways from PubChem

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    General gene information

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    NM_127923.2

    Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
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    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    is_active_in cellular_component ND
    No biological Data available
    more info
    		  

    General protein information

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    Preferred Names
    methyl esterase 8
    NP_179940.1
    • methyl esterase 8 (MES8); FUNCTIONS IN: hydrolase activity, hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Alpha/beta hydrolase fold-1 (InterPro:IPR000073); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: acetone-cyanohydrin lyase (TAIR:AT2G23600.1); Has 1944 Blast hits to 1942 proteins in 432 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 1125; Metazoa - 4; Fungi - 28; Plants - 614; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 173 (source: NCBI BLink).

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    Genome Annotation

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_003071.7 Reference assembly

      Range
      10034484..10036048 complement
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_127923.2 → NP_179940.1  methyl esterase 8 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_179940.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      O80475
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A178VTG6, A0A5S9X0R5
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      PLN02211
      Location:21 → 260
      PLN02211; methyl indole-3-acetate methyltransferase
    Nucleotide Protein
    Heading Accession and Version
    Protein Accession Links
    GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
    O80475.1

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