title: Tetrameric alkaline phosphatase from human liver is converted to dimers by phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C.
abstract: Membrane-bound human liver alkaline phosphatase solubilized by a non-ionic detergent, Nonidet P-40 (NP-40), has the molecular mass of a tetramer. It can be converted to a dimeric form by treatment with a phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C (PI-PLC) obtained from Bacillus cereus. When human liver plasma membranes were directly treated with PI-PLC, the released alkaline phosphatase was dimeric. Thus, phosphatidylinositol may help maintain the tetrameric quaternary structure of alkaline phosphatase and aid its binding to human liver plasma membranes.
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000201:enzymology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012995:Solubility; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase