What is Lipase?
[[Image:Lipase PLRP2.png|right|thumb|200px|A computer-generated image of a type of lipase]] A '''lipase''' is an [[enzyme]] that [[catalyze]]s the formation or cleavage ([[hydrolysis]]) of fats ([[lipid]]s).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Svendsen A |title=Lipase protein engineering |journal=Biochim Biophys Acta |volume=1543 |issue=2 |pages=223–228 |year=2000 |doi=10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00239-9 |pmid=11150608}}</ref> Lipases are essential for the [[digestion]], transport and processing of lipids in the [[diet]]. [[Fat]]s, [[oil]]s and [[triglycerides]] are present in most (perhaps all) living [[organism]]s. [[Genes]] coding for lipases are even present in certain [[virus]]es.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Afonso C | display-authors = etal |title=The genome of Melanoplus sanguinipes entomopoxvirus |journal=J Virol |volume=73 |issue=1 |pages=533–52 |year=1999 | doi = 10.1128/JVI.73.1.533-552.1999 |pmid=9847359 |pmc=103860}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Girod A | display-authors = etal|title=The VP1 capsid protein of adeno-associated virus type 2 is carrying a phospholipase A2 domain required for virus infectivity |journal=J Gen Virol |volume=83 |issue=Pt 5 |pages=973–8 |year=2002 | doi = 10.1099/0022-1317-83-5-973|pmid=11961250}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Enzymes]]