GPLD1 explained

Phosphatidylinositol-glycan-specific phospholipase D is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GPLD1 gene.[1] [2]

Many proteins are tethered to the extracellular face of eukaryotic plasma membranes by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. The GPI-anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells. The protein encoded by the GPLD1 gene is a GPI degrading enzyme that hydrolyzes the inositol phosphate linkage in proteins anchored by phosphatidylinositol glycans, thereby releasing the attached protein from the plasma membrane.

Plasma concentrations of Gpld1 in mice were found to increase after exercise and to correlate with improved cognitive function, and concentrations of GPLD1 in blood were increased in active elderly humans.[3] [4]

Interactions

GPLD1 has been shown to interact with Apolipoprotein A1[5] and APOA4.[5]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Schofield JN, Rademacher TW . Structure and expression of the human glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase D1 (GPLD1) gene . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression . 1494 . 1–2 . 189–94 . November 2000 . 11072085 . 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00194-9 .
  2. Web site: Entrez Gene: GPLD1 glycosylphosphatidylinositol specific phospholipase D1.
  3. Horowitz AM, Fan X, Bieri G, Smith LK, Sanchez-Diaz CI, Schroer AB, Gontier G, Casaletto KB, Kramer JH, Williams KE, Villeda SA . 6 . Blood factors transfer beneficial effects of exercise on neurogenesis and cognition to the aged brain . Science . 369 . 6500 . 167–173 . July 2020 . 32646997 . 10.1126/science.aaw2622 . 2020Sci...369..167H . 220428681 . 7879650 .
  4. Web site: Harris . Richard . vanc . An Enzyme That Increases With Exercise Can Improve Memory In Mice, And Maybe People . . 9 June 2020 .
  5. Deeg MA, Bierman EL, Cheung MC . GPI-specific phospholipase D associates with an apoA-I- and apoA-IV-containing complex . Journal of Lipid Research . 42 . 3 . 442–51 . March 2001 . 10.1016/S0022-2275(20)31669-2 . 11254757 . free .