MGLL

This gene encodes a serine hydrolase of the AB hydrolase superfamily that catalyzes the conversion of monoacylglycerides to free fatty acids and glycerol. The encoded protein plays a critical role in several physiological processes including pain and nociperception through hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol. Expression of this gene may play a role in cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]

Description

Monoglyceride lipase

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

3:q21.3 (127689062 - 128052190)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000074416  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Mgll: ENSMUSG00000033174

UniProt

Q99685

neXtProt

NX_Q99685

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants