IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.4.2

Accepted name: glycerophosphocholine phosphodiesterase

Reaction: sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = choline + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate

Other name(s): glycerophosphinicocholine diesterase; glycerylphosphorylcholinediesterase; sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine diesterase; glycerolphosphorylcholine phosphodiesterase; glycerophosphohydrolase

Systematic name: sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine glycerophosphohydrolase

Comments: Also acts on sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9025-85-8

References:

1. Dawson, R.M.C. Liver glycerylphosphorylcholine diesterase. Biochem. J. 62 (1956) 689-693.

2. Hayaishi, O. and Kornberg, A. Metabolism of phospholipides by bacterial enzymes. J. Biol. Chem. 206 (1954) 647-663.

3. Webster, G.R., Marples, E.A. and Thompson, R.H.S. Glycerylphosphorylcholine diesterase activity in nervous tissue. Biochem. J. 65 (1957) 374-377.

[EC 3.1.4.2 created 1961, modified 1976]


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