title: Structural and functional properties of a phospholipase A2 purified from an inflammatory exudate.
abstract: The cell-free supernatant of sterile inflammatory peritoneal exudates contains a phospholipase A2 that participates in the digestion of Escherichia coli killed by polymorphonuclear leukocytes or by the purified bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI) of these cells. This phospholipase A2 has been purified, and the sequence of the NH2-terminal 39 amino acids has been determined and compared with sequences of both BPI-responsive and BPI-nonresponsive phospholipases A2 from snake venoms and mammalian pancreas. The high concentration and location of basic residues in the NH2-terminal region is a common feature of BPI-responsive phospholipases A2 and may characterize those phospholipases A2 participating in inflammatory events.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2