title: Influence of phospholipid environment on the phosphatidylethanolamine: ceramide-phosphorylethanolamine transferase activity in rat liver plasma membranes.
abstract: 1. Plasma membranes were treated with phospholipase A2, phospholipase C or phospholipase D. The phosphatidylethanolamine:ceramide-phosphorylethanolamine transferase was deactivated by phospholipase C treatment, whereas phospholipase A2 and phospholipase D did not affect the enzyme. 2. Incorporation of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol into partially delipidated plasma membranes resulted in significant stimulation of the transferase, whereas inclusion of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylserine suppressed the enzyme activity. Our results suggest that phosphatidylserine is a regulator of sphingomyelin level in membranes. 3. The activity of phosphatidylethanolamine:ceramide-phosphorylethanolamine transferase was not influenced by the fluidity of its lipid environment.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Nikolova
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Petkova
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Koumanov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000494:pharmacology; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000494:pharmacology; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000494:pharmacology; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D010743:Phospholipids; D013109:Sphingomyelins; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); C070185:phosphatidylethanolamine-ceramide phosphoethanolamine transferase; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D010739:Phospholipase D