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Phospholipases, Enzymes That Share a Substrate Class

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Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Physiology of Phospholipase A2 and Its Regulatory Factors

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The title of this chapter was chosen to emphasize a point, namely, that PLs are classified as a group solely on the basis that they hydrolyze phospholipids. Beyond this commonality, this is a diverse group of enzymes, both in structure and in function.1 One or more of these enzymes have been described in almost every, if not all organisms analyzed for their presence. The sites of hydrolysis and nomenclature for the PLs are given in Fig. 1.

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Waite, M. (1990). Phospholipases, Enzymes That Share a Substrate Class. In: Mukherjee, A.B. (eds) Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Physiology of Phospholipase A2 and Its Regulatory Factors. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 279. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0651-1_1

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