Diacylglycerol Lipase

Diacylglycerol lipase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes a fatty acid from a diacylglycerol (glycerol with only two fatty acids esterified to it) to yield a monoacylglycerol and a free fatty acid.

> Diacylglycerol <=> Monoacylglycerol + Fatty Acid

Diacylglycerols arise from action of triacylglycerol lipase on a fat (triacylglycerol), which hydrolyzes one of the three fatty acids from it (at position one or three). Further digestion of the monoacylglycerol requires the action of monoacylglycerol lipase.

See also: Monoacylglycerol Lipase, Diacylglycerol, , Triacylglycerol Lipase, Fat