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PPAP2A

Lipid phosphate phosphohydrolase 1 also known as phosphatidic acid phosphatase 2a is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PPAP2A gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

Lipid phosphate phosphohydrolase 1 is a member of the phosphatidic acid phosphatase (PAP) family. PAPs convert phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol, and function in de novo synthesis of glycerolipids as well as in receptor-activated signal transduction mediated by phospholipase D. This protein is an integral membrane glycoprotein, and has been shown to be a surface enzyme that plays an active role in the hydrolysis and uptake of lipids from extracellular space. The expression of this gene is found to be regulated by androgen in a prostatic adenocarcinoma cell line. At least two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described.[2]

References

References

  1. Kai M, Wada I, Imai S, Sakane F, Kanoh H (Oct 1997). “Cloning and characterization of two human isozymes of Mg2+-independent phosphatidic acid phosphatase”. J Biol Chem. 272 (39): 24572–24578. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.39.24572. PMID 9305923.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: PPAP2A phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2A”.
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