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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase D

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-<small>D</small>-glucosaminyl)-1-phosphatidyl-1<small>D</small>-myoinositol + H<sub>2</sub>O 6-(α-<small>D</small>-glucosaminyl)-1<small>D</small>-myo-inositol + 3-sn-phosphatidate

This enzyme cleaves proteins from the lipid part of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors.

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