Mouse Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1,FAAH ELI

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).

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