| Chapter title |
Phospholipases: An Overview
|
|---|---|
| Chapter number | 3 |
| Book title |
Lipases and Phospholipases
|
| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, August 2018
|
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-8672-9_3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-8671-2, 978-1-4939-8672-9
|
| Authors |
Ahmed Aloulou, Renaud Rahier, Yani Arhab, Alexandre Noiriel, Abdelkarim Abousalham, Aloulou, Ahmed, Rahier, Renaud, Arhab, Yani, Noiriel, Alexandre, Abousalham, Abdelkarim |
| Abstract |
Phospholipases are lipolytic enzymes that hydrolyze phospholipid substrates at specific ester bonds. Phospholipases are widespread in nature and play very diverse roles from aggression in snake venom to signal transduction, lipid mediator production, and metabolite digestion in humans. Phospholipases vary considerably in structure, function, regulation, and mode of action. Tremendous advances in understanding the structure and function of phospholipases have occurred in the last decades. This introductory chapter is aimed at providing a general framework of the current understanding of phospholipases and a discussion of their mechanisms of action and emerging biological functions. |
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