A novel fluorogenic substrate for the measurement of endothelial lipase activity.
Authors:Darrow AL, Olson MW, Xin H, Burke SL, Smith C, Schalk-Hihi C, Williams R, Bayoumy SS, Deckman IC, Todd MJ, Damiano BP, Connelly MA,
Journal:J Lipid Res
PubMed ID:21062953
'Endothelial lipase (EL) is a phospholipase A1 (PLA1) enzyme that hydrolyzes phospholipids at the sn-1 position to produce lysophospholipids and free fatty acids. Measurement of the PLA1 activity of EL is usually accomplished by the use of substrates that are also hydrolyzed by lipases in other subfamilies such as PLA2 ... More