EC 3.1.1.4: Phospholipase A(2)
Reaction catalysed:
Phosphatidylcholine + H(2)O = 1-acylglycerophosphocholine + a carboxylate
Systematic name:
Phosphatidylcholine 2-acylhydrolase
Alternative Name(s):
- Lecithinase A
- Phosphatidase
- Phosphatidolipase
- Phospholipase A
- Phospholipase A2
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- positive regulation of podocyte apoptotic process
- antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide
- defense response to Gram-positive bacterium
- arachidonate secretion
- positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation
- phosphatidylglycerol metabolic process
- phosphatidylcholine metabolic process
- antibacterial humoral response
- lipid catabolic process
- positive regulation of cell population proliferation
- phospholipid metabolic process
- fatty acid biosynthetic process
- lipid metabolic process
- innate immune response in mucosa
Protein family (Pfam)
InterPro annotations
CATH domain
SCOP annotation