Tags: Enzyme.
In enzymology a wax-ester hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.50) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactiona wax ester + H2O a long-chain alcohol + a long-chain carboxylateThus the two substrates of this enzyme are wax ester and H2O whereas its two products are long-chain alcohol and long-chain carboxylate.This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases specifically those acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is wax-ester acylhydrolase.