title: Glucose-6-phosphatase inactivation and peroxidation of phosphatidylcholine in microsomal membranes.
abstract: Peroxidation induced by ascorbate on phospholipids of isolated rat liver microsomes were accompanied by losses in glucose-6-phosphatase activity (EC 3.1.3.9.). The existence of marked differences in the degradation rate for each phospholipid suggests a relationship between the alteration of phosphatidylcholine containing one saturated and one unsaturated fatty acid and the decrease in activity of glucose-6-phosphatase; the inactivation of this enzyme was unrelated to the alteration of other phospholipids. These results support the idea that glucose-6-phosphatase and molecules of phosphatidylcholine having one saturated and one unsaturated fatty acid are in close apposition within the microsomal membrane.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid