Phospholipase B

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

Phospholipase B is 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. It generally acts on lysolecithin (which is formed by the action of PLA2 on lecithin).

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