UniprotKB/SwissProt ID: O08914 (O08914)
Gene Name:
Faah
Organism: Mus musculus (Mouse)
Function: Catalyzes the hydrolysis of endogenous amidated lipids like the endocannabinoid anandamide (N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-ethanolamine), as well as other fatty amides such as the taurine-conjugated fatty acids (a structural class of central nervous system (CNS) metabolites), to their corresponding fatty acids, thereby regulating the signaling functions of these molecules (PubMed:15533037, PubMed:32271712). FAAH cooperates with PM20D1 in the hydrolysis of amino acid-conjugated fatty acids such as N-fatty acyl glycine and N-fatty acyl-L-serine, thereby acting as a physiological regulator of specific subsets of intracellular, but not of extracellular, N-fatty acyl amino acids (PubMed:32271712). It can also catalyze the hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-glycerol) (By similarity)
Other Modifications: View all modification sites in dbPTM
Protein Subcellular Localization: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Golgi apparatus membrane
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