Fifty years of lyase and a moment of truth: sphingosine phosphate lyase from discovery to disease[S]

Sphingosine phosphate lyase (SPL) is the final enzyme in the sphingolipid degradative pathway, catalyzing the irreversible cleavage of long-chain base phosphates (LCBPs) to yield a long-chain aldehyde and ethanolamine phosphate (EP). SPL guards the sole exit point of sphingolipid metabolism. Its ina...

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Main Author: Julie D. Saba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520326080