PAFAH1B2, Official Symbol PAFAH1B2provided by HGNC Official Full Name platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase 1b catalytic subunit 2provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:8575 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000168092 MIM:602508; AllianceGenome:HGNC:8575 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as HEL-S-303 Summary Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAFAH) inactivates platelet-activating factor (PAF) into acetate and LYSO-PAF. This gene encodes the beta subunit of PAFAH, the other subunits are alpha and gamma. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014] Expression Ubiquitous expression in brain (RPKM 16.2), thyroid (RPKM 12.3) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all