Enzymatic production of lysophospholipids and structured phospholipids

The enzymatic cleavage of an acyl group from phospholipids yields lysophospholipids, which are more water soluble than phospholipids and, therefore, useful as emulsifiers for oils in water. Three enzymes have been employed to conduct hydrolysis, including phospholipases A and A, which cleave the fatty acyl group from the 1- and 2-glycerol 

This topic has been thoroughly reviewed (Xu et al., 2008 Guo et al., 2005). To provide an example, medium-chain (caprylic) acyl groups were incorporated into the acetone-soluble fraction of lecithin, a relatively inexpensive source of phospholipids enriched in phosphatidylcholine (Hossen and Hernandez, 2005). Eor one series of reactions, lecithin 

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