This gene encodes a diacylglycerol lipase. The encoded enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol.[provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010].
Bouskila, Javadi, Elkrief, Casanova, Bouchard, Ptito: "A Comparative Analysis of the Endocannabinoid System in the Retina of Mice, Tree Shrews, and Monkeys." in: Neural plasticity, Vol. 2016, pp. 3127658, (2016) (PubMed).
Bisogno, Howell, Williams, Minassi, Cascio, Ligresti, Matias, Schiano-Moriello, Paul, Williams, Gangadharan, Hobbs, Di Marzo, Doherty: "Cloning of the first sn1-DAG lipases points to the spatial and temporal regulation of endocannabinoid signaling in the brain." in: The Journal of cell biology, Vol. 163, Issue 3, pp. 463-8, (2003) (PubMed).