Purifine 1
Purifine 1
Purifine 1
FIG. 1. Structure of phospholipids and reactions catalyzed by phospholipase enzymes. Phospholipids comprise diacylglycerol coupled to a phosphate ester.
All phospholipase enzymes act to break phospholipids into water-soluble and oil-soluble fragments. In the case of phospholipase A (PLA) enzymes, these are a
lysophospholipid and a fatty acid, respectively. PLA1 and PLA 2 enzymes differ by the position of the fatty acid removed from the phospholipid. A phospholipase C (PLC),
such as Purifine enzyme, has a different mode of action in that it removes the water-soluble phosphate ester from the phospholipid, leaving intact diacylglycerol oil.