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Table 26.

Group VII and Group VIII Phospholipase A₂s (PAF-AH)

Group	Source	Molecular mass (kDa)	Features	Alternate names
VIIA	Human, murine, porcine, bovine	45	Secreted α/βhydrolase N-linked glycosylation	Lipoprotein-associated PLA₂ (Lp-PLA₂) Plasma PAF-AH (pPAF-AH)
VIIB	Human bovine	40	Intracellular, myristoylated, α/βhydrolase	PAF-AH II
VIIIA	Human	26	Intracellular, Homodimer or heterodimer with GVIIIB associates with regulatory β subnunit	PAF-AH Ib (α₁ subunit)
VIIIB	Human	26	Intracellular, Homodimer or heterodimer with GVIIIA associates with regulatory β subnunit	PAF-AH Ib (α₂ subunit)