PAFAH2

PAFAH2
Identifiers
Aliases	PAFAH2, HSD-PLA2, platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 602344; MGI: 2140321; HomoloGene: 37309; GeneCards: PAFAH2; OMA:PAFAH2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	25,998,117 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	134,154,724 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	body of pancreas; ; epithelium of colon; ; granulocyte; ; islet of Langerhans; ; rectum; ; thymus; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; gonad; ; muscle of thigh;
	Top expressed in
	left lobe of liver; ; epithelium of stomach; ; human kidney; ; migratory enteric neural crest cell; ; lacrimal gland; ; right kidney; ; proximal tubule; ; Paneth cell; ; transitional epithelium of urinary bladder; ; Epithelium of choroid plexus;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	phospholipid binding; hydrolase activity; 1-alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine esterase activity;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; endoplasmic reticulum; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; membrane;
Biological process	lipid catabolic process; negative regulation of apoptotic process; lipid metabolism; blood coagulation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	5051
	100163
	ENSG00000158006
	ENSMUSG00000037366
	Q99487; Q5SY00
	Q8VDG7
	NM_000437
	NM_001285872; NM_001285874; NM_001285875; NM_001285877; NM_133880
	NP_000428
	NP_001272801; NP_001272803; NP_001272804; NP_001272806; NP_598641
	Wikidata
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Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase 2, cytoplasmic is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PAFAH2 gene. It is one of several PAF acetylhydrolases.