Phospholipase B

phospholipase B1
Identifiers
Symbol	PLB1
NCBI gene	151056
HGNC	30041
OMIM	610179
RefSeq	NM_153021
UniProt	Q6P1J6
Other data
Locus	Chr. 2 p23.3
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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).

Phospholipase cleavage sites. An enzyme that displays both PLA₁ and PLA₂ activities is called a phospholipase B.

See also

• Phospholipase

References

• Vance JE, Vance DE (14 March 2008). Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes. Elsevier. pp. 312–313. ISBN 978-0-08-055988-9.