| EC |
2.3.1.105 |
| Accepted name: |
alkylglycerophosphate 2-O-acetyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
acetyl-CoA + 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate = CoA + 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate |
| Other name(s): |
alkyllyso-GP:acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
acetyl-CoA:1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate 2-O-acetyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Involved in the biosynthesis of thrombocyte activating factor in animal tissues. |
| References: |
| 1. |
Lee, T.-C., Malone, B. and Snyder, F. A new de novo pathway for the formation of 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerols, precursors of platelet activating factor. Biochemical characterization of 1-alkyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-P:acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase in rat spleen. J. Biol. Chem. 261 (1986) 5373–5377. [PMID: 3007498] |
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| [EC 2.3.1.105 created 1989] |
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