UniProt Summary: Serine hydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolytic activation of amino acid ester prodrugs of nucleoside analogs such as valacyclovir and valganciclovir. Activates valacyclovir to acyclovir. May play a role in detoxification processes. It is a specific alpha-amino acid ester hydrolase that prefers small, hydrophobic, and aromatic side chains and does not have a stringent requirement for the leaving group other than preferring a primary alcohol. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18256025}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Abhydrolase 1
Abhydrolase 6
Abhydrolase 5
GO Terms
alpha-amino-acid esterase activity
xenobiotic metabolic process
mitochondrial outer membrane
cellular response to xenobiotic stimulus
response to xenobiotic stimulus
cellular amino acid metabolic process
response to toxic substance
carboxylic acid metabolic process
oxoacid metabolic process
organic acid metabolic process
mitochondrion
small molecule metabolic process
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)