phospholipase B
{{Short description|Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens}}
{{Infobox protein
|Name=phospholipase B1
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|HGNCid=30041
|Symbol=PLB1
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|EntrezGene=151056
|OMIM=610179
|RefSeq=NM_153021
|UniProt=Q6P1J6
|PDB=
|ECnumber=
|Chromosome=2
|Arm=p
|Band=23.3
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Phospholipase B, also known as lysophospholipase, is an enzyme with a combination of both PLA1 and PLA2 activities; that is, it can cleave acyl chains from both the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of a phospholipid. In general, it acts on lysolecithin (which is formed by the action of PLA2 on lecithin).
See also
References
- {{cite book | vauthors = Vance JE, Vance DE | title = Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZprTsjcvIMC&pg=PA305|date=14 March 2008|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-055988-9|pages=312–313}}
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