phospholipase A1 member A | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | PLA1A | ||||||
NCBI gene | 51365 | ||||||
HGNC | 17661 | ||||||
OMIM | 607460 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_015900 | ||||||
UniProt | Q53H76 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
EC number | 3.1.1.32 | ||||||
Locus | Chr. 3 q13.13-13.2 | ||||||
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Phospholipase A1 (EC 3.1.1.32; systematic name: phosphatidylcholine 1-acylhydrolase) encoded by the PLA1A gene is a phospholipase enzyme which removes the 1-acyl group:[1]
It is an enzyme that resides in a class of enzymes called phospholipase that hydrolyze phospholipids into fatty acids.[2] There are four classes, separated according to the type of reaction they catalyze. In particular, phospholipase A1 (PLA1) specifically catalyzes the cleavage at the sn-1 position of phospholipids, forming a fatty acid and a lysophospholipid.[3][4]