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| Aliases | PLA1A, PS-PLA1, PSPLA1, phospholipase A1 member A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| External IDs | OMIM: 607460; MGI: 1934677; GeneCards: PLA1A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phospholipase A1 member A (EC 3.1.1.111) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLA1A gene. It acts as a phospholipase enzyme which removes the 1-acyl group, and is able to catalyze the following two reactions
Phospholipases are a type of enzyme that break down phospholipids, typically releasing fatty acids or other components. They are typically separated into different classes according to the type of phospholipid bond they break. In particular, phospholipase A1 (PLA1) specifically catalyzes the cleavage at the sn-1 position of phospholipids, forming a fatty acid and a lysophospholipid.

Optimum pH conditions for PLA1 activity on neutral phospholipids is around 7.5, whereas the optimal conditions for PLA1 activity on acidic phospholipids is around 4.
The structure of a PLA1 is a monomer that contains the following sequence: Gly-X-Ser-X-Gly, where X represents any other amino acid. The serine is considered the active site in the enzyme. PLA1's also contain a catalytic triad of Ser-Asp-His, with a variety of cysteine residues needed for disulfide bond formation. The cysteine residues are responsible for key structural motifs such as the lid domain and the B9 domain, both of which are lipid binding surface loops. These two loops can vary between each PLA1. For example, a PLA1 enzyme with a long lid domain (22-23 amino acids) and a long B9 domain (18-19 amino acids) constitute an extracellular PLA1 exhibiting triacylglycerol hydrolase activity. In contrast, a PLA1 enzyme that is considered more selective will have a short lid and B9 domain that span 7-12 and 12-13 amino acids, respectively.
Unlike other phospholipases such as PLA2, there is much that is unknown about PLA1 enzymes due to the difficulty of developing efficient ways to purify, clone, express, and characterize them.