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EC 3.1.1.3 Details
EC number
3.1.1.3
Accepted name
triacylglycerol lipase
Reaction
triacylglycerol + H2O = diacylglycerol + a carboxylate
Other name(s)
lipase (ambiguous), butyrinase, tributyrinase, Tween hydrolase, steapsin, triacetinase, tributyrin esterase, Tweenase, amno N-AP, Takedo 1969-4-9, Meito MY 30, Tweenesterase, GA 56, capalase L, triglyceride hydrolase, triolein hydrolase, tween-hydrolyzing esterase, amano CE, cacordase, triglyceridase, triacylglycerol ester hydrolase, amano P, amano AP, PPL, glycerol-ester hydrolase, GEH, meito Sangyo OF lipase, hepatic lipase, lipazin, post-heparin plasma protamine-resistant lipase, salt-resistant post-heparin lipase, heparin releasable hepatic lipase, amano CES, amano B, tributyrase, triglyceride lipase, liver lipase, hepatic monoacylglycerol acyltransferase, PNLIP (gene name), LIPF (gene name)
Systematic name
triacylglycerol acylhydrolase
CAS registry number
9001-62-1
Comment
The enzyme is found in diverse organisms including animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. It hydrolyses triglycerides into diglycerides and subsequently into monoglycerides and free fatty acids. The enzyme is highly soluble in water and acts at the surface of oil droplets. Access to the active site is controlled by the opening of a lid, which, when closed, hides the hydrophobic surface that surrounds the active site. The lid opens when the enzyme contacts an oil-water interface (interfacial activation). The pancreatic enzyme requires a protein cofactor, namely colipase, to counteract the inhibitory effects of bile salts.
History
created 1961
EC Tree
3.1.1.9 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.12 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.16 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.18 created 1961, deleted 1982
3.1.1.62 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.1.1.69 created 1992, deleted 2002