title: De novo CDP-choline-dependent glycerophosphorylcholine synthesis and its involvement as an intermediate in phosphatidylcholine synthesis.
abstract: The activity of CDP-choline-dependent glycerophosphorylcholine synthetase (CDP-choline:sn-3-glycerophosphate cholinetransferase), a newly discovered enzyme involved in the recently proposed pathways of acyl-specific phosphatidylcholine synthesis, is reported in rat liver. Endogenous CDP-choline, synthesized via the CMP-driven back reaction of phosphorylcholine transferase, is also shown to be a choline donor for this glycerophosphorylcholine synthetase. The function of glycerophosphorylcholine as an intermediate in phosphatidylcholine synthesis is demonstrated by specific isotope trapping whereby unlabelled glycerophosphorylcholine inhibited label incorporation from sn-[14C]glycerol-3-phosphate into phosphatidylcholine in mouse gastrocnemius, a tissue that is essentially devoid of the cytidine pathway for phosphatidylcholine synthesis and uses a non-allelic glycerophosphorylcholine synthetase (exogenous PC:sn-3-glycerophosphate cholinetransferase) in the synthesis of glycerophosphorylcholine.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002794:Choline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D005997:Glycerylphosphorylcholine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D019884:Nitrogenous Group Transferases; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline; D005997:Glycerylphosphorylcholine; D019884:Nitrogenous Group Transferases; C052328:glycerophosphorylcholine synthetase; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D002794:Choline