Phospholipase B

phospholipase B1
Identifiers
Symbol	PLB1
Entrez	151056
HUGO	30041
OMIM	610179
RefSeq	NM_153021
UniProt	Q6P1J6
Other data
Locus	Chr. 2 p23.3

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. Note that an enzyme that displays both PLA1 and PLA2 activities is called a Phospholipase B

See also

• Phospholipase

References

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