ExplorEnz: EC 3.1.1.23

3.1.1.23

Accepted name:

acylglycerol lipase

Reaction:

Hydrolyses glycerol monoesters of long-chain fatty acids

Other name(s):

monoacylglycerol lipase; monoacylglycerolipase; monoglyceride lipase; monoglyceride hydrolase; fatty acyl monoester lipase; monoacylglycerol hydrolase; monoglyceridyllipase; monoglyceridase

Systematic name:

glycerol-ester acylhydrolase

References:

1.	Mentlein, R., Heiland, S. and Heymann, E. Simultaneous purification and comparative characterization of six serine hydrolases from rat liver microsomes. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 200 (1980) 547–559. [PMID: 6776896]
2.	Pope, J.L., McPherson, J.C. and Tidwell, H.C. A study of a monoglyceride-hydrolyzing enzyme of intestinal mucosa. J. Biol. Chem. 241 (1966) 2306–2310. [PMID: 5916497]

[EC 3.1.1.23 created 1972]