The prokaryotic phospholipase A2 domain is predominantly found in bacterial and fungal phospholipases, as well as various hypothetical and putative proteins. It enables the liberation of fatty acids and lysophospholipid by hydrolysing the 2-ester bon ...
The prokaryotic phospholipase A2 domain is predominantly found in bacterial and fungal phospholipases, as well as various hypothetical and putative proteins. It enables the liberation of fatty acids and lysophospholipid by hydrolysing the 2-ester bond of 1,2-diacyl-3-sn-phosphoglycerides. The domain adopts an alpha-helical secondary structure, consisting of five alpha-helices and two helical segments [1].
The secreted phospholipase A2 (PLA2) from Streptomyces violaceoruber is the first identified prokaryotic PLA2. This Ca II dependent, lipolytic enzyme hydrolyses the 2-acyl ester bonds of 1,2-diacylglycero-3-phospholipids. The very high catalytic activities of secreted PLA2's relative to the aggregated substrates when compared to the monomeric substrates is due to interfacial activation.
Defined by 5 residues: ASP:A-43LEU:A-44HIS:A-64ASP:A-65ASP:A-85