title: A fluorescent substrate for the continuous assay of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C: synthesis and application of 2-naphthyl myo-inositol-1-phosphate.
abstract: A fluorescent water-soluble substrate for phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C was synthesized. The diacylglycerol moiety of the natural substrate, phosphatidylinositol, was replaced by the fluorescent moiety, 2-naphthol, resulting in the synthetic substrate, racemic 2-naphthyl myo-inositol-1-phosphate. The synthetic substrate provided a continuous fluorometric assay for the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from Bacillus cereus. Initial rates of the cleavage of the 2-naphthyl substrate by the phospholipase measured by fluorometry were linear with time and the amount of enzyme added. The specific enzyme activity at pH 8.5 and 25 degrees C was about 0.04 mumol/min mg protein at an initial substrate concentration of 0.8 mM. 31P NMR experiments suggest that, as with phosphatidylinositol itself, cleavage of the fluorescent substrate proceeds in two steps via a myo-inositol-1,2-cyclic phosphate intermediate, and that only the D-isomer is a substrate for the B. cereus phospholipase. The synthetic substrate was stable during long-term storage as a solid in the dark at -20 degrees C. It was also stable for several weeks when stored in the dark frozen in aqueous solution near neutral pH.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shashidhar
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Volwerk
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Keana
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D007536:Isomerism; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; C073048:2-naphthyl-myo-inositol 1-phosphate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases