Description
Product Characteristics:
Catalyzes the release of fatty acids from phospholipids. It has been implicated in normal phospholipid remodeling, nitric oxide-induced or vasopressin-induced arachidonic acid release and in leukotriene and prostaglandin production. May participate in fas mediated apoptosis and in regulating transmembrane ion flux in glucose-stimulated B-cells. Has a role in cardiolipin (CL) deacylation. Required for both speed and directionality of monocyte MCP1/CCL2-induced chemotaxis through regulation of F-actin polymerization at the pseudopods. Isoform ankyrin-iPLA2-1 and isoform ankyrin-iPLA2-2, which lack the catalytic domain, are probably involved in the negative regulation of iPLA2 activity.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: GVI, PLA2, INAD1, NBIA2, iPLA2, NBIA2A, NBIA2B, PARK14, PNPLA9, CaI-PLA2, IPLA2-VIA, iPLA2beta, 85/88 kDa calcium-independent phospholipase A2, Group VI phospholipase A2, GVI PLA2, Intracellular membrane-associated calcium-independent phospholipase A2 beta, iPLA2-beta, Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 9, PLA2G6, PLPLA9
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is an A2 phospholipase, a class of enzyme that catalyzes the release of fatty acids from phospholipids. The encoded protein may play a role in phospholipid remodelling, arachidonic acid release, leukotriene and prostaglandin synthesis, fas-mediated apoptosis, and transmembrane ion flux in glucose-stimulated B-cells. Several transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been described, but the full-length nature of only three of them have been determined to date. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]