title: Kinetic analysis of the dual phospholipid model for phospholipase A2 action.
abstract: A kinetic scheme is proposed for the action of cobra venom phospholipase A2 on mixed micelles of phospholipid and the nonionic detergent Triton X-100, based on the "dual phospholipid model." (formula; see text) The water-soluble enzyme binds initially to a phospholipid molecule in the micelle interface. This is followed by binding to additional phospholipid in the interface and then catalytic hydrolysis. A kinetic equation was derived for this process and tested under three experimental conditions: (i) the mole fraction of substrate held constant and the bulk substrate concentration varied; (ii) the bulk substrate concentration held constant and the Triton X-100 concentration varied (surface concentration of substrate varied); and (iii) the Triton X-100 concentration held constant and the bulk substrate concentration varied. The substrates used were chiral dithiol ester analogs of phosphatidylcholine (thio-PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (thio-PE), and the reactions were followed by reaction of the liberated thiol with a colorimetric thiol reagent. The initial binding (Ks = k1/k-1) was apparently similar for thio-PC and thio-PE (between 0.1 and 0.2 mM) as were the apparent Michaelis constants (Km = (k-2 + k3)/k2) (about 0.1 mol fraction). The Vmax values for thio-PC and thio-PE were 440 and 89 mumol min-1 mg-1, respectively. The preference of cobra venom phospholipase A2 for PC over PE in Triton X-100 mixed micelles appears to be an effect on k3 (catalytic rate) rather than an effect on the apparent binding of phospholipid in either step of the reaction.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004546:Elapid Venoms; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008823:Micelles; D017830:Octoxynol; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D004546:Elapid Venoms; D008823:Micelles; D010743:Phospholipids; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D017830:Octoxynol; D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2