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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic removal of afatty acid from alysophospholipid
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Autotaxin (ATX) is an extracellular lysophospholipase D that generates lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Jian-Min Wu 2010
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Proinflammtory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) promoted ATX expression and secretion selectively in Hep3B and Huh7 cells, which led to a corresponding increase in lysophospholipase-D activity.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Jian-Min Wu 2010
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Pradere JP, Tarnus E, Gres S, Valet P, Saulnier-Blache JS (2007) Secretion and lysophospholipase D activity of autotaxin by adipocytes are controlled by N-glycosylation and signal peptidase.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010
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Pradere JP, Tarnus E, Gres S, Valet P, Saulnier-Blache JS (2007) Secretion and lysophospholipase D activity of autotaxin by adipocytes are controlled by N-glycosylation and signal peptidase.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010
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