Phospholipase A2 Enzymes: Physical Structure, Biological Function, Disease Implication, Chemical Inhibition, and Therapeutic Intervention

EA Dennis, J Cao, YH Hsu, V Magrioti… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
1.1. Discovery of the Phospholipase A2 Superfamily Phospholipases represent one of the
earliest enzyme activities to be identified and studied, and the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) …

Recent progress in phospholipase A2 research: from cells to animals to humans

M Murakami, Y Taketomi, Y Miki, H Sato… - Progress in lipid …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mammalian genomes encode genes for more than 30 phospholipase A2s (PLA2s) or
related enzymes, which are subdivided into several classes including low-molecular-weight …

SARS-CoV-2 viremia is associated with distinct proteomic pathways and predicts COVID-19 outcomes

Y Li, AM Schneider, A Mehta… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND SARS-CoV-2 plasma viremia has been associated with severe disease and
death in COVID-19 in small-scale cohort studies. The mechanisms behind this association …

The phospholipase A2 superfamily and its group numbering system

RH Schaloske, EA Dennis - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell …, 2006 - Elsevier
The superfamily of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes currently consists of 15 Groups and
many subgroups and includes five distinct types of enzymes, namely the secreted PLA2s …

Phospholipase A2 enzymes

I Kudo, M Murakami - Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators, 2002 - Elsevier
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) catalyzes the hydrolysis of the sn-2 position of membrane
glycerophospholipids to liberate arachidonic acid (AA), a precursor of eicosanoids including …

Biochemistry and Physiology of Mammalian Secreted Phospholipases A2

G Lambeau, MH Gelb - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) are esterases that hydrolyze the sn-2 ester of
glycerophospholipids and constitute one of the largest families of lipid hydrolyzing enzymes …

A new era of secreted phospholipase A2

M Murakami, H Sato, Y Miki, K Yamamoto… - Journal of lipid …, 2015 - ASBMB
Among more than 30 members of the phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2) superfamily, secreted PLA
2 (sPLA 2) enzymes represent the largest family, being Ca 2+-dependent low-molecular …

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins: pleiotropic sensors and effectors of antimicrobial defences

J Royet, R Dziarski - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are innate immunity molecules that are present
in most invertebrate and vertebrate animals. All PGRPs function in antimicrobial defence …

[LIBRO][B] Handbook of venoms and toxins of reptiles

SP Mackessy - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles offers" one-stop shop**" to all biologists,
biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, and informed …

Properties of the Group IV phospholipase A2 family

M Ghosh, DE Tucker, SA Burchett, CC Leslie - Progress in lipid research, 2006 - Elsevier
The Group IV phospholipase A2 family is comprised of six intracellular enzymes commonly
called cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) α, cPLA2β, cPLA2γ, cPLA2δ, cPLA2ε and …