Glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase D (EC 3.1.4.50, GPI-PLD, glycoprotein phospholipase D, phosphatidylinositol phospholipase D, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D) is an enzyme with systematic name glycoprotein-phosphatidylinositol phosphatidohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
6-(α-D-glucosaminyl)-1-phosphatidyl-1D-myoinositol + H2O 6-(α-D-glucosaminyl)-1D-myo-inositol + 3-sn-phosphatidate
This enzyme cleaves proteins from the lipid part of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors.
See also Phospholipase
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