title: Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchored acetylcholinesterase as substrate for phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from Bacillus cereus.
abstract: We investigated the enzymatic properties of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) from Bacillus cereus towards glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchored acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from bovine erythrocytes and Torpedo electric organ as substrate. The conversion of membrane from AChE to soluble AChE by PI-PLC depended on the presence of a detergent and of phosphatidylcholine. In presence of mixed micelles containing Triton X-100 (0.05%) and phosphatidylcholine (0.5 mg/ml) the rate of AChE conversion was about 3 times higher than in presence of Triton X-100 alone. Furthermore, inhibition of PI-PLC occurring at Triton X-100 concentrations higher than 0.01% could be prevented by addition of phosphatidylcholine. Ca2+, Mg2+ and sodium chloride had no effect on PI-PLC activity in presence of phosphatidylcholine and Triton X-100, whereas in presence of Triton X-100 alone sodium chloride largely increased the rate of AChE conversion. Determination of kinetic parameters with three different substrates gave Km-values of 7 microM, 17 microM and 2 mM and Vmax-values of 0.095 microM.min-1, 0.325 microM.min-1 and 56 microM.min-1 for Torpedo AChE, bovine erythrocyte AChE and phosphatidylinositol, respectively. The low Km-values for both forms of AChE indicated that PI-PLC not only recognized the phosphatidylinositol moiety of the anchor but also other components thereof.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stieger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brodbeck
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D003902:Detergents; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D006801:Humans; D017830:Octoxynol; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003902:Detergents; D006017:Glycolipids; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D017830:Octoxynol; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase