Structure and biological function of ENPP6, a choline-specific glycerophosphodiester-phosphodiesterase
Morita, J., Kano, K., Kato, K., Takita, H., Sakagami, H., Yamamoto, Y., Mihara, E., Ueda, H., Sato, T., Tokuyama, H., Arai, H., Asou, H., Takagi, J., Ishitani, R., Nishimasu, H., Nureki, O., Aoki, J.(2016) Sci Rep 6: 20995-20995
- PubMed: 26888014 
- DOI: 10.1038/srep20995
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5EGE, 5EGH - PubMed Abstract: 
Choline is an essential nutrient for all living cells and is produced extracellularly by sequential degradation of phosphatidylcholine (PC). However, little is known about how choline is produced extracellularly. Here, we report that ENPP6, a choline-specific phosphodiesterase, hydrolyzes glycerophosphocholine (GPC), a degradation product of PC, as a physiological substrate and participates in choline metabolism ...