title: Generation by limited proteolysis of a catalytically active 39-kDa protein from the 115-kDa form of phosphatidylinositol-glycan-specific phospholipase D from bovine serum.
abstract: It has been suggested previously that small amounts of the mature 115-kDa form of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns)-glycan-specific phospholipase D from bovine serum may exist as a 47-kDa form which can also be generated in vitro by treatment with proteases. In this study, we investigated the possible proteolytic processing by trypsin of partially purified PtdIns-glycan- specific phospholipase D from bovine serum and found that tryptic digestion caused an apparent activation of the enzyme when assayed in the presence of 0.1% (mass/vol.) Triton X-100. Trypsin cleaved the 115-kDa form of PtdIns-glycan-specific phospholipase D into three major polypeptides with molecular masses of 33, 39, and 47 kDa. Under non-denaturing conditions, the polypeptides remained tightly but noncovalently associated with each other. However, in the presence of 6 M urea, the polypeptides could be separated by anion-exchange chromatography. After renaturation, PtdIns-glycan-specific phospholipase D activity was found to be associated with a 39-kDa fragment. Based on its size and its amino acid sequence, the active-site-containing fragment consisted of approximately 275 residues of the N-terminal region of PtdIns-glycan-specific phospholipase D. The active 39-kDa fragment hydrolyzed the PtdIns-glycan-anchors of solubilized acetylcholinesterase from bovine erythrocytes and variant surface glycoprotein from blood stream trypanosomes. However, this fragment was inactive on membrane-associated acetylcholinesterase and PtdIns.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bütikofer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brodbeck
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D006031:Glycosylation; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010739:Phospholipase D; C065017:glycoprotein phospholipase D; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D014357:Trypsin