title: The triose-phosphate site of homogeneous reconstituted sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (glycerol-phosphate) acyltransferase of Escherichia coli was purified to near homogeneity and its activity reconstituted with phospholipids (Green, P.R., Merrill, A.M., Jr. and Bell, R.M. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11151-11159). The competency of glycerol-P analogues to serve as inhibitors and as substrates was investigated. Dihydroxyacetone-P, ethyleneglycol-P, 1,3-propanediol-P, 3,4-dihydroxybutylphosphonate and DL-glyceraldehyde-3-P were inhibitors of the reconstituted purified glycerol-phosphate acyltransferase. The kinetics of inhibition, while formally of the mixed type, most closely resembled that of a simple competitive inhibition with respect to glycerol-3-P. Inorganic phosphate was also found to be a competitive inhibitor. All of the glycerol-3-P analogues except DL-glyceraldehyde-3-P were substrates. Of these, dihydroxyacetone-P proved to be the best substrate. The secondary hydroxyl was not necessary for activity. Glycerol-phosphate acyltransferase catalyzed the hydrolysis of palmitoyl-CoA in the presence of DL-, but not D-glyceraldehyde-3-P. This suggests that the gem diol of L-glyceraldehyde-3-P may be a substrate, and that the acylated adduct may be unstable. The enzyme was inactivated by phenylglyoxal and butanedione, suggesting that arginine may be at or near the active site.
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D005994:Glycerophosphates; C029620:alpha-glycerophosphoric acid; D000217:Acyltransferases; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase