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Mutation of F417 but not of L418 or L420 in the lipid binding domain decreases the activity of triacylglycerol hydrolase.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Feb 2006
Alam Mustafa, Gilham Dean, Vance Dennis E, Lehner Richard
Abstract excerpt
Human triacylglycerol hydrolase (hTGH) has been shown to play a role in hepatic lipid metabolism. Triacylglycerol hydrolase (TGH) hydrolyzes insoluble carboxylic esters at lipid/water interfaces, although the mechanism by which the enzyme adsorbs to lipid droplets is unclear. Three-dimensional modeling of hTGH predicts that catalytic residues are adjacent to an alpha-helix that may mediate TGH/lipid interaction....
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