Pyrophosphatase 1 Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody [JE64-39]

Function

Inorganic pyrophosphatase (or inorganic diphosphatase, PPase) is an enzyme (EC 3.6.1.1) that catalyzes the conversion of one ion of pyrophosphate to two phosphate ions. This is a highly exergonic reaction, and therefore can be coupled to unfavorable biochemical transformations in order to drive these transformations to completion. The functionality of this enzyme plays a critical role in lipid metabolism (including lipid synthesis and degradation), calcium absorption and bone formation, and DNA synthesis, as well as other biochemical transformations. Two types of inorganic diphosphatase, very different in terms of both amino acid sequence and structure, have been characterised to date: soluble and transmembrane proton-pumping pyrophosphatases (sPPases and H(+)-PPases, respectively). sPPases are ubiquitous proteins that hydrolyse pyrophosphate to release heat, whereas H+-PPases, so far unidentified in animal and fungal cells, couple the energy of PPi hydrolysis to proton movement across biological membranes.

Background References

1. Wang S et al. PPA1, an energy metabolism initiator, plays an important role in the progression of malignant tumors. Front Oncol. 2022 Nov

2. Sun Y et al. Cold-inducible PPA1 is critical for the adipocyte browning in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2023 Oct

Subcellular Location

Cytoplasm.

UNIPROT

SwissProt: Q15181 Human

SwissProt: Q9D819 Mouse

Entrez Gene: 294504 Rat

Synonyms