Included titles and symbols : Monocyte esterase deficiency; Monocyte carboxylesterase deficiency; Carboxylesterase 1 deficiency;
Description : Mammalian liver carboxylesterases (CESs; EC 3.1.1.1) hydrolyze various xenobiotics
and endogenous substrates with ester, thioester, or amide bonds and are thought to
function mainly in drug metabolism and detoxication of harmful chemicals (Satoh, 1987).
CES1 is also responsible for hydrolysis of stored cholesterol esters in macrophage
foam cells and release of free cholesterol for high density lipoprotein-mediated cholesterol
efflux Ghosh and Natarajan (2001).;