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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2011 Sep 12;111(10):6130–6185. doi: 10.1021/cr200085w

Table 21.

Group VI Calcium Independent Phospholipase A2s (iPLA2)

Subgroup Alternative
name
Sources Residues
/Molecular
Mass
Domain Alt
Splice
Activity Post
Translational
Modification
Human
chromosome
Swiss-
Prot
GVIA iPLA2β

PNPLA9
Human/
Murine
750/85 kDa

806/87 kDa
7–8 Ankyrin
Repeats

α/ β hydrolase

(Patatin like Lipase)
5 PLA2, Lyso-PLA

transacylase acyl-CoA thioesterase
22q13.
1
O60733
GVIB iPLA2γ

PNPLA8
Human/
Murine
782/90 kDa α/ β hydrolase

(Patatin like Lipase)
2 PLA1, PLA2,

Lyso-PLA

transacylase
7q31 Q9NP8
0
GVIC iPLA2δ

PNPLA6

NTE
Human/
Murine
1366/146
kDa
3 cNMP

α/ β hydrolase

(Patatin like
Lipase)
3 PLA2

Lyso-PLA
Phosphorylatio
n (5)
19p13.
3-13.2
Q8IY17
GVID iPLA2ε

PNPLA3

ADPN
Human 481/52 kDa α/ β hydrolase

(Patatin like
Lipase)
2 PLA2,

TG hydrolase,
transacylase
22q13.
31
Q9NST
1
GVIE iPLA2ζ

PNPLA2

ATGL
Human 504/55 kDa α/ β hydrolase

(Patatin like
Lipase)
2 PLA2

TG hydrolase,
transacylase
Phosphorylatio
n (1)
11p15.
5
Q96AD
5
GVIF iPLA2η

PNPLA4

GS2
Human 253/27 kDa α/ β hydrolase

(Patatin like
Lipase)
PLA2, TG
hydrolase,

retinylester
hydrolase
acylglycerol and
retinol transacylase
Phosphorylatio
n (1)
xp22.3 P41247