N-acetylphosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolysing phospholipase D
Enzyme involved in biosynthesis of anandamide
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N-acetylphosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolysing phospholipase D (EC 3.1.4.54, NAPE-PLD, anandamide-generating phospholipase D, N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipase D, NAPE-hydrolyzing phospholipase D) is an enzyme with systematic name N-acetylphosphatidylethanolamine phosphatidohydrolase.[1][2] It catalyses the following chemical reaction
- N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine + H2O N-acylethanolamine + a 1,2-diacylglycerol 3-phosphate
This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of anandamide.
