The enzyme alkylglycerophosphoethanolamine phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.39) catalyzes the reaction
alkylglycerophosphoethanolamine phosphodiesterase | |||||||||
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EC no. | 3.1.4.39 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 62213-15-4 | ||||||||
Databases | |||||||||
IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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- 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine + H2O 1-alkyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + ethanolamine
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on phosphoric diester bonds. The systematic name is 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine ethanolaminehydrolase. This enzyme is also called lysophospholipase D. This enzyme participates in ether lipid metabolism.
Structural studies
editAs of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code 1FJ2.
References
edit- Wykle RL, Schremmer JM (1974). "A lysophospholipase D pathway in the metabolism of ether-linked lipids in brain microsomes". J. Biol. Chem. 249 (6): 1742–6. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)42850-0. PMID 4855486.