IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.1.47

Accepted name: 1-alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine esterase

Reaction: 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + acetate

Other name(s): 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetylhydrolase; alkylacetyl-GPC:acetylhydrolase

Systematic name: 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetohydrolase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 76901-00-3

References:

1. Blank, M.L., Lee, T.-C., Fitzgerald, V. and Snyder, F. A specific acetylhydrolase for 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (a hypotensive and platelet-activating lipid). J. Biol. Chem. 256 (1981) 175-178. [PMID: 7451433]

[EC 3.1.1.47 created 1984]


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