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. 2021 Jul 2;64(14):9759–9785. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00624

Table 1. Overview of ABHD Proteins: Main Expression Pattern in Humans and Substrates of Each Protein Are Reported.

ABHD protein main expression pattern main substrates
ABHD1 testis a
ABHD2 ubiquitous expression, liver, stomach triacylglycerols, esters
ABHD3 appendix, colon, gall bladder, lymph nodes, stomach, thyroid, small intestine, duodenum medium-chain phospholipids, phosphatidylcholines containing C14 acyl chain, oxidatively truncated phospholipids
ABHD4 testis, gall bladder a
ABHD5 bone marrow, fat, skin arachidonoyl-CoA, oleoyl-CoA, 1-oleoyl-lysophosphatidic, triacylglycerols
ABHD6 small intestine, duodenum, spleen, brain, brown adipose tissue, kidney, liver, skin, ovary diacylglycerols, 1(3)-monoacylglycerols with saturated medium or long acyl chains, 2-arachidonoylglycerol, lysophosphatidylinositols, bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate
ABHD7 brain a
ABHD8 brain, testis a
ABHD9 skin, esophagus epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, 9,10-epoxyoctadecamonoenoic acids, leukotoxin, linoleate-derived epoxy-alcohols
ABHD10 kidney, thyroid S-palmitoyl substrates
ABHD11 skeletal muscle, colon, prostate, small intestine, thyroid triacylglycerols, 2-oxoglutarate
ABHD12 ubiquitous expression, brain 2-arachidonoylglycerol, 1(3)-isomer of arachidonoylglycerol, unsaturated C20:4 monoacylglycerols, lysophosphatidylserine lipids
ABHD12B skin a
ABHD13 ubiquitous expression a
ABHD14A adrenal glands, brain, kidney, thyroid a
ABHD14B ubiquitous expression p-nitrophenyl butyrate
ABHD15 fat, liver a
ABHD16A ubiquitous expression, skeletal muscle, brain and platelets medium-chain saturated monoacylglycerols, 1-linoleylglycerol, 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2-2-glycerol ester
ABHD16B testis a
ABHD17A bone marrow, fat, lung, skin, spleen S-palmitoyl-l-cysteine residue
ABHD17B brain S-palmitoyl-l-cysteine residue
ABHD17C colon, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, brain, duodenum, lung, prostate, urinary bladder S-palmitoyl-l-cysteine residue
ABHD18 ubiquitous expression a
a

Not determined.