Thioesterase

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Thioesterase (TE) catalyzes the break of an ester bond to produce acid and alcohol at a thiol group. TEs are substrate-specific.

Palmitoyl protein TE removes fatty acids like palmitate from modified cysteine residues during lysosomal degradation^[1]

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