Carboxylesterase 3

CES3
Identifiers
Aliases	CES3, ES31, carboxylesterase 3
External IDs	OMIM: 605279; MGI: 102773; HomoloGene: 84407; GeneCards: CES3; OMA:CES3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 16 (human)
End	66,975,149 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	105,785,045 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	mucosa of transverse colon; ; rectum; ; right lobe of liver; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; mucosa of ileum; ; muscle of thigh; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; jejunal mucosa; ; duodenum; ; tendon of biceps brachii;
	Top expressed in
	hepatobiliary system; ; liver; ; duodenum; ; proximal tubule; ; pancreas; ; colon; ; ileum; ; jejunum; ; spermatid; ; testicle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	hydrolase activity; carboxylic ester hydrolase activity; sterol esterase activity; triglyceride lipase activity; methyl indole-3-acetate esterase activity;
Cellular component	endoplasmic reticulum lumen; endoplasmic reticulum; extracellular exosome; cytosol; extracellular space;
Biological process	xenobiotic metabolic process; low-density lipoprotein particle clearance; lipid catabolic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	23491
	382053
	ENSG00000172828
	ENSMUSG00000069922
	Q6UWW8
	Q63880
	NM_001185176; NM_001185177; NM_012122; NM_024922
	NM_001164681; NM_198672
	NP_001172105; NP_001172106; NP_079198
	NP_001158153; NP_941074
	Wikidata
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Carboxylesterase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CES3 gene.