GDE1


Description

The GDE1 (glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase 1) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 16.

GDE1 is an enzyme that breaks down glycerophosphodiesters, including glycerophosphoinositol (GroPIns) and glycerophosphoethanolamine (GroPEth), into glycerol phosphate and an alcohol. It also hydrolyzes glycerophospho-N-acylethanolamines in the brain, contributing to the production of bioactive N-acylethanolamines such as anandamide (an endocannabinoid), N-palmitoylethanolamine (an anti-inflammatory), and N-oleoylethanolamine (an anorexic). GDE1 exhibits lysophospholipase D activity, hydrolyzing N-acyl-lysoplasmenylethanolamine (N-acyl-lysoPlsEt) to N-acylethanolamine. However, its lysophospholipase D activity is lower than its glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase activity. GDE1 has little or no activity towards glycerophosphocholine.

GDE1 is also known as 363E6.2, MIR16.

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