title: Characterization of a salt-extractable phosphatidylinositol synthase from rat pituitary-tumour membranes.
abstract: Solubilization of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) synthase (CDP-diacylglycerol: myo-inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase, EC 2.7.8.11) from rat pituitary (GH3) tumours was investigated. PtdIns synthase activity was partially extracted from crude membranes by 3 M-KCl. Prior separation of membranes revealed that a greater proportion of plasma-membrane PtdIns synthase activity was salt-extractable than was endoplasmic reticulum activity. The activity of the salt-extracted enzyme was maximized by low concentrations of 3-(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio-1-propanesulphonate (CHAPS; 0.5 mM), Triton X-100 (0.1 mM) or a phospholipid mixture (0.05 mg/ml), but higher concentrations of detergents were inhibitory. The activity of salt-extracted PtdIns synthase was 0.25 +/- 0.08 nmol/min per mg of protein. Salt-extracted PtdIns synthase activity was dependent on Mg2+ (maximal at 0.1 mM) and Mn2+ (maximal at 5 mM), and its pH optimum was in the range 7.0-7.5. The apparent Km for myo-inositol (in the presence of 0.1 mM-CDP-diacylglycerol) was 0.06 mM, and that for CDP-diacylglycerol (at 0.1 mM-myo-inositol) was 0.21 mM. Salt-extracted PtdIns synthase activity was potently inhibited by Ca2+ (50% inhibition at 1 microM), with over 90% inhibition at 10 microM-Ca2+. These data imply the existence of two forms of membrane-associated PtdIns synthase, namely salt-extractable and salt-resistant, with different intracellular localizations. The salt-extractable form of this enzyme may be a useful preparation for further characterization and purification of mammalian PtdIns synthase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cubitt
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gershengorn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051607:CDP-Diacylglycerol-Inositol 3-Phosphatidyltransferase; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012492:Salts; D012995:Solubility; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012492:Salts; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); D051607:CDP-Diacylglycerol-Inositol 3-Phosphatidyltransferase; C496767:Cdipt protein, rat