The conserved Mg2+-dependent phosphatidic acid phosphatase, as depicted by the predicted structure of its catalytic core (N-LIP domain, bronze; HAD-like domain, cyan, and amphipathic helix, magenta), catalyzes the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acid to produce diacylglycerol, a key step in lipid metabolism. Yeast Pah1 and human lipin 1 forms of the enzyme are targeted for inhibition at the catalytic core by the antidepressant drug sertraline.
The Jan. cover of the Journal of Lipid Research highlights Stukey et al.'s paper, "The antidepressant drug sertraline is a novel inhibitor of yeast Pah1 & human lipin 1 phosphatidic acid phosphatases."
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