title: Purification and chemical modification of a phosphatidylinositol kinase from sheep brain.
abstract: A membrane-bound phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) kinase has been purified approximately 9500-fold to apparent homogeneity from sheep brains. The purification procedure involves: solubilisation of the membrane fraction with Triton X-100, ammonium sulphate fractionation and a number of ion-exchange and gel-filtration chromatography steps. The purified enzyme exhibited a final specific activity of 1149 nmol.min-1.mg-1. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 55 kDa by SDS/PAGE and 150 +/- 10 kDa by HPLC gel filtration in the presence of Triton X-100. Kinetic measurements have shown that the apparent Km value of PtdIns kinase for the utilisation of PtdIns is 22 microM and for ATP 67 microM. Mg2+ was the most effective divalent cation activator of PtdIns kinase, with maximal enzymatic activity reached at a concentration of 10 mM Mg2+. In addition to adenosine and ADP, the 2'(3')-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) derivative of ATP was found to be a strong competitive inhibitor of the enzyme, with a Ki of 32 microM. Enzymatic activity was found to be stimulated by Triton X-100 but inhibited by deoxycholate.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of South Australian, Adelaide.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Barritt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kwok
mesh_terms: D019870:1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002845:Chromatography; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005590:Fractional Precipitation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D019870:1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase; D008274:Magnesium