Pyrethroid hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.88, pyrethroid-hydrolyzing carboxylesterase, pyrethroid-hydrolysing esterase, pyrethroid-hydrolyzing esterase, pyrethroid-selective esterase, pyrethroid-cleaving enzyme, permethrinase, PytH, EstP) is an enzyme with systematic name pyrethroid-ester hydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
trans-permethrin + H2O
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(3-phenoxyphenyl)methanol + (1S,3R)-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate
The enzyme is involved in degradation of pyrethroid pesticides...