IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.3.1.121

Accepted name: 1-alkenylglycerophosphoethanolamine O-acyltransferase

Reaction: acyl-CoA + 1-alkenylglycerophosphoethanolamine = CoA + 1-alkenyl-2-acylglycerophosphoethanolamine

Systematic name: acyl-CoA:1-alkenylglycerophosphoethanolamine O-acyltransferase

Comments: Long-chain unsaturated acyl-CoAs are the best substrates.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 112445-17-7

References:

1. Arthur, G., Page, L. and Choy, P.C. Acylation of 1-alkenylglycerophosphoethanolamine and 1-acylglycerophosphoethanolamine in guinea-pig heart microsomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 921 (1987) 259-265. [PMID: 3651487]

[EC 2.3.1.121 created 1990]


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