title: Isoelectric focusing of human platelet phospholipase C: evidence for multimolecular forms.
abstract: Polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing was employed to characterize phospholipase C activity in the supernatant fraction after disruption of human platelets. Three bands of enzyme activity were detected on focused gels: a major band of activity (B) and two additional bands (A,C) were consistently identified. The isoelectric points of the three bands were in the range of pH 7.5-8.0. Phospholipase C activity was assayed using both phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol-4-monophosphate. The prominent B band was active against both substrates and no evidence for substrate preference towards phosphoinositides was obtained. These data suggest that isozyme forms of cystolic phospholipase C are present in human platelet supernatant and suggest the possibility of functional and structural differentiation of the various forms of the enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010738:Type C Phospholipases