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Properties of Phospholipase A1/transacylase in the White Muscle of Bonito Euthynnus Pelamis (Linnaeus)

Properties of Phospholipase A1/transacylase in the White Muscle of Bonito Euthynnus Pelamis (Linnaeus)

K Hirano, A Tanaka, K Yoshizumi, T Tanaka, K Satouchi

J Biochem. 1997 Dec;122(6):1160-6.

PMID: 9498560

Abstract:

The properties of phospholipase A1 (PLA1) obtained from the white muscle of bonito, Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus), were examined. The PLA1 activity had a pH optimum from 6.5 to 7.0 for phosphatidylcholine (PC), and calcium ion was not required. The optimum temperature was from 20 to 30 degrees C. When a fatty alcohol was used as an acceptor, a wax ester was produced by transferring a fatty acid at the sn-1 position of the donor's PC. The maximum production of lysophosphatidylcholine was shifted by 0.5 pH units to the acidic side and the pH optimum of wax ester synthesis was from 6.0 to 6.5. The synthesis was independent of calcium ion and Coenzyme A. The transacylation was also observed when 1-lyso-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine was used as an acceptor. Fatty acid at the sn-1 position of the donor PC was transferred to the unoccupied hydroxy group of the acceptor at the sn-1 position. When 2,3-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-1-phosphocholine was used as the acyl donor, a similar amount of palmitic acid was transferred as in the case of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. However, 1-acyl-2-lyso-sn -glycero-3-phosphocholine, a positional isomer, was a poor acceptor. These results indicate that the transacylation by the PLA1 from bonito muscle is not stereospecific, but is position-specific both for the acyl donor and acceptor.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP35418554	2,3-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-1-phosphocholine		35418-55-4	Price

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