title: A 57-kDa phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from bovine brain.
abstract: A phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) has been isolated from bovine brain (purification factor of 5.6 x 10(4)). By sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, it had a Mr of 57,000. Neither amino nor neutral sugars were detected in the purified enzyme. The pH optimum was 7.0-7.5, and the activity decreased only slightly at pH 8.0. When phosphatidylinositol was used as a substrate, the optimum Ca2+ requirement was 4 mM, and Km was 260 microM. When phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate was used, the optimum Ca2+ requirement was 10(-7) M, and the Km was reduced to 90 microM. Lipid specificity studies showed that equal amounts of inositol phosphate and diacylglycerol were released from phosphatidylinositol but 4 times as much inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate was released from phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Other lipids, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and sphingomyelin, were not substrates. Failure to detect phosphatidic acid confirmed the absence of a phospholipase D activity in the purified enzyme. Myelin basic protein (MBP) stimulated the PI-PLC activity between 2- and 3-fold. Histone had a small effect only, whereas bovine serum albumin and cytochrome C had no effect. Phosphorylation of MBP reduced the stimulatory effect. Protein-protein interactions between MBP and PI-PLC have been demonstrated both immunologically and by sucrose density gradients. A stoichiometry of 1:1 has been suggested by the latter method. A number of peptides have been prepared by chemical, enzymatic, and synthetic methods. Peptides containing the MBP sequences consisting of residues 24-33 and 114-122 stimulated the PI-PLC but were less effective than the intact protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Tompkins
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moscarello
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D002118:Calcium