Triglyceride lipase

Lipase (class 3)

Structure of Triacyl-glycerol acylhydrolase.
Identifiers
Symbol Lipase_3
Pfam PF01764
InterPro IPR002921
PROSITE PDOC00110
SCOP 3tgl
SUPERFAMILY 3tgl
OPM superfamily 135
OPM protein 3tgl
CDD cd00519

Triglyceride lipases are lipases that hydrolyse ester linkages of triglycerides.[1] These lipases are widely distributed in animals, plants and prokaryotes. This family was also called class 3 lipases as they are only distantly related to other lipase families.

Human proteins containing this domain

DAGLA; DAGLB; LOC221955;

References

  1. Chapus C, Rovery M, Sarda L, Verger R (1988). "Minireview on pancreatic lipase and colipase". Biochimie 70 (9): 1223–1234. doi:10.1016/0300-9084(88)90188-5. PMID 3147715.

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