Species Human Entrez 5336 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000197943 | |
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Aliases PLCG2, APLAID, FCAS3, PLC-IV, PLC-gamma-2, phospholipase C gamma 2 External IDs MGI: 97616 HomoloGene: 55671 GeneCards: PLCG2 | ||
1-Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase gamma-2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLCG2 gene.
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Function
Enzymes of the phospholipase C family catalyze the hydrolysis of phospholipids to yield diacylglycerols and water-soluble phosphorylated derivatives of the lipid head groups. A number of these enzymes have specificity for phosphoinositides. Of the phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C enzymes, C-beta is regulated by heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptors, while the closely related C-gamma-1 (PLCG1; MIM 172420) and C-gamma-2 enzymes are controlled by receptor tyrosine kinases. The C-gamma-1 and C-gamma-2 enzymes are composed of phospholipase domains that flank regions of homology to noncatalytic domains of the SRC oncogene product, SH2 and SH3.[supplied by OMIM]
Interactions
PLCG2 has been shown to interact with: