| Term: | liver A2-type glycerophospholipase activity |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | A2-type glycerophospholipase activity |
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| Synonyms: | cytosolic phospholipase A2 activity, lecithinase A activity, phosphatidase activity, phosphatidolipase activity, phosphatidylcholine 2-acylhydrolase activity, phospholipase A2 activity, phospholipase A2 activity (consuming 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine), phospholipase A2 activity consuming 1,2-dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine), secreted phospholipase A2 activity |
| Definition: | A glycerophospholipase activity that cleaves the fatty acid attached to the sn-2 position of the glycerol group of a glycerophospholipid. Substrates include phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, choline plasmalogen and phosphatides. |
| Ontology: | GO: Molecular Function [GO:0004623] QuickGO AmiGO |