Biology:Phosphatidic acid phosphatase 2c

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Lipid phosphate phosphohydrolase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PPAP2C gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the phosphatidic acid phosphatase (PAP) family. PAPs convert phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol, and function in de novo synthesis of glycerolipids as well as in receptor-activated signal transduction mediated by phospholipase D. This protein is similar to phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2A (PPAP2A) and type 2B (PPAP2B). All three proteins contain 6 transmembrane regions, and a consensus N-glycosylation site. This protein has been shown to possess membrane associated PAP activity. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported.[3]

References

  1. "Molecular cloning of two alternatively spliced forms of human phosphatidic acid phosphatase cDNAs that are differentially expressed in normal and tumor cells". DNA Cell Biol 17 (4): 377–85. May 1998. doi:10.1089/dna.1998.17.377. PMID 9570154. 
  2. "Identification of a novel human phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2 isoform". FEBS Lett 427 (2): 188–92. Jun 1998. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00421-9. PMID 9607309. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: PPAP2C phosphatidic acid phosphatase type 2C". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8612. 

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