The enzyme tropinesterase (EC 3.1.1.10) catalyzes the reaction

tropinesterase
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EC no.3.1.1.10
CAS no.59536-71-9
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atropine + H2O tropine + tropate

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name is atropine acylhydrolase. Other names in common use include tropine esterase, atropinase, and atropine esterase.

In animal

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Plasma atropinesterase exhibits high enantiospecific activity only in some rabbits; in the remaining individuals, as well as in dogs, goats, guinea pigs, pigs, rhesus macaques, and humans, only background hydrolysis of an unknown substrate is recorded.[1]

References

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  1. Harrison, Patrick K.; Tattersall, John E. H.; Gosden, Ed. "The presence of atropinesterase activity in animal plasma". Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. 373 (3): 230–236. doi:10.1007/s00210-006-0054-5. ISSN 0028-1298. PMID 16736160.