Phospholipase A2 Enzymes: Physical Structure, Biological Function, Disease Implication, Chemical Inhibition, and Therapeutic Intervention

EA Dennis, J Cao, YH Hsu, V Magrioti… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
1.1. Discovery of the Phospholipase A2 Superfamily Phospholipases represent one of the
earliest enzyme activities to be identified and studied, and the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) …

The expanding superfamily of phospholipase A2 enzymes: classification and characterization

DA Six, EA Dennis - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2000 - Elsevier
The phospholipase A2 (PLA2) superfamily consists of a broad range of enzymes defined by
their ability to catalyze the hydrolysis of the middle (sn-2) ester bond of substrate …

Recent progress in phospholipase A2 research: from cells to animals to humans

M Murakami, Y Taketomi, Y Miki, H Sato… - Progress in lipid …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mammalian genomes encode genes for more than 30 phospholipase A2s (PLA2s) or
related enzymes, which are subdivided into several classes including low-molecular-weight …

Membrane-protein interactions in cell signaling and membrane trafficking

W Cho, RV Stahelin - Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Research in the past decade has revealed that many cytosolic proteins are
recruited to different cellular membranes to form protein-protein and lipid-protein interactions …

A viral phospholipase A2 is required for parvovirus infectivity

Z Zádori, J Szelei, MC Lacoste, Y Li, S Gariépy… - Developmental cell, 2001 - cell.com
Sequence analysis revealed phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2) motifs in capsid proteins of
parvoviruses. Although PLA 2 activity is not known to exist in viruses, putative PLA 2 s from …

Phospholipase A2

M Murakami, I Kudo - The journal of biochemistry, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2 catalyzes the hydrolysis of the sn-2 position of membrans
glyerophospholipids to liberate arachidonic acid (AA), a precursor of eicosanoids including …

Phospholipase A2 enzymes

I Kudo, M Murakami - Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators, 2002 - Elsevier
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) catalyzes the hydrolysis of the sn-2 position of membrane
glycerophospholipids to liberate arachidonic acid (AA), a precursor of eicosanoids including …

Biochemistry and Physiology of Mammalian Secreted Phospholipases A2

G Lambeau, MH Gelb - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) are esterases that hydrolyze the sn-2 ester of
glycerophospholipids and constitute one of the largest families of lipid hydrolyzing enzymes …

A new era of secreted phospholipase A2

M Murakami, H Sato, Y Miki, K Yamamoto… - Journal of lipid …, 2015 - ASBMB
Among more than 30 members of the phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2) superfamily, secreted PLA
2 (sPLA 2) enzymes represent the largest family, being Ca 2+-dependent low-molecular …

Phospholipase A2 Biochemistry

JE Burke, EA Dennis - Cardiovascular drugs and therapy, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2) superfamily consists of many different groups of
enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the sn-2 ester bond in a variety of different …