Phosphatidate phosphatase | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
EC no. | 3.1.3.4 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 9025-77-8 | ||||||||
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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The enzyme phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP, EC 3.1.3.4) is a key regulatory enzyme in lipid metabolism, catalyzing the conversion of phosphatidate to diacylglycerol:[1][2]
The reverse conversion is catalyzed by the enzyme diacylglycerol kinase, which replaces the hydroxyl group on diacylgylcerol with a phosphate from ATP, generating ADP in the process.
In yeast, the forward direction is Mg2+-dependent, while the reverse process is Ca2+-dependent.[3] PAP1, a cytosolic phosphatidate phosphatase found in the lung, is also -dependent, but PAP2, a six-transmembrane-domain integral protein found in the plasma membrane, is not.[4][5]