LIPA: Proteins and Enzymes

Lipase A, also known as LIPA or Lysosomal acid lipase/cholesteryl ester hydrolase, has a 399 amino acid long isoform that is 45 kDa and a short 343 amino acid isoform that is 39 kDa; lysosome located; is very important for the intracellular hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides that have been internalized via receptor-mediated endocytosis of lipoprotein particles, and also in mediating the effect of LDL (low density lipoprotein) uptake on suppression of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA ...