Lipase: Difference between revisions

Further breakdown ultimately results in 2-monoacylglycerols and free fatty acids <ref name= "A cross-linked complex between horse pancreatic lipase and colipase">[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0014579389815923] A cross-linked complex between horse pancreatic lipase and colipase</ref>. An in depth discussion of the mechanism can be found in the Lipase Catalytic Mechanism section. The determination of the structure and function of lipase was a gradual process.  Lipase activity was first demonstrated in the pancreas by Claude Bernard in 1846.  However, it wasn't until 1955 that Mattson and Beck demonstrated a high-specificity of pancreatic lipase for triglyceride primary esters <ref name= "History of Lipids">[http://www.cyberlipid.org/history/history1.htm] History of Lipids</ref>.  In recent years, determination of the crystal structure of pancreatic lipase has become the primary focus as many scientists have worked to further this.  See also [[Molecular Playground/Pancreatic Lipase]].