Phospholipase C (PLC, EC 3.1.4.11) is an enzyme crucial for the phosphoinositol pathway and whose activity is involved in eukaryotic signal transduction as it generates two second messengers: diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3). There are four major types of phospholipase C named: β, γ, δ and the recently discovered ε, but this review will focus only on the recent advances for the γ isozymes of PLC. So far, four d isozymes (named γ1-4) have been discovered and examined. They differ with regard to cellular distribution, activities, biochemical features and involvement in human ailments.
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.