galactoside-binding soluble lectin 13 (placental tissue protein 13, placenta protein 13, PP13, Galectin-13, LGALS13, PLAC8)

Function: - lysophospholipase activity 2-lysophosphatidylcholine + H₂O glycerophosphocholine + a carboxylate Structure: - homodimer, disulfide-linked - contains 1 galectin domain Expression: - expressed in adult & fetal spleen, fetal kidney, adult urinary bladder & placenta

General

lectin lysophospholipase

Properties

SIZE: MW = 16 kD entity length = 139 aa COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment MOTIF: active site

Database Correlations

OMIM 608717 UniProt Q9UHV8 Pfam PF00337 ENZYME 3.1.1.5

References

UniProt :accession Q9UHV8