EC number 3.1.1.3 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view | CAS number 9001-62-1 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry | |
Triacylglycerol lipase (EC 3.1.1.3, lipase, butyrinase, tributyrinase, Tween hydrolase, steapsin, triacetinase, tributyrin esterase, Tweenase, amno N-AP, Takedo 1969-4-9, Meito MY 30, Tweenesterase, GA 56, capalase L, triglyceride hydrolase, triolein hydrolase, tween-hydrolyzing esterase, amano CE, cacordase, triglyceridase, triacylglycerol ester hydrolase, amano P, amano AP, PPL, glycerol-ester hydrolase, GEH, meito Sangyo OF lipase, hepatic lipase, lipazin, post-heparin plasma protamine-resistant lipase, salt-resistant post-heparin lipase, heparin releasable hepatic lipase, amano CES, amano B, tributyrase, triglyceride lipase, liver lipase, hepatic monoacylglycerol acyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name triacylglycerol acylhydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
The pancreatic enzyme acts only on an ester-water interface.