Type: | Domain | Name: | Lipin/Ned1/Smp2 (LNS2) |
Description: | This domain is found in lipins and lipin homologues from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Smp2) and from Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Ned1) []. Smp2 (also known as PAH1) is involved in plasmid maintenance and respiration [] and has been identified as a Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphatase () that contains a haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-like domain []. Lipin proteins are phosphatidate phosphatases which catalyse the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol, the penultimate step in triacylglycerol synthesis []. They are involved in adipose tissue development and insulin resistance []. | Short Name: | LNS2 |