title: Cloning and characterization of novel rat and mouse low molecular weight Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipase A2s containing 16 cysteines.
abstract: A novel rat 4.4-kilobase (kb) cDNA encoding a low molecular weight Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and its murine homologue were cloned. The rat and mouse cDNA predict a mature protein of 130 amino acids (M(r) = 14, 763) preceded by a 28-amino acid prepro-peptide. The deduced amino acid sequences encode a protein containing 16 cysteines which distinguishes them from both mammalian group I and II PLA2s and the recently described group of mammalian PLA2s containing 12 cysteines. A rat RNA blot hybridized with the rat cDNA exhibited an abundant 2.3-kb and a less abundant 5-kb transcript in testis. When the rat cDNA was expressed using an Epstein-Barr virus-based vector in human 293s cells, PLA2 activity accumulated in the culture medium. Conditioned medium optimally hydrolyzed the phospholipids of [1-14C]oleate-labeled Escherichia coli at neutral to alkaline pH with 1-7 mM Ca2+. In assays with individual substrates, L-alpha-1-stearoyl-2-arachidonyl phosphatidylinositol was hydrolyzed more efficiently than L-alpha-1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine, L-alpha-1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonyl phosphatidylcholine, or L-alpha-1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonyl phosphatidylethanolamine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5251.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Engle
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Seilhamer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tischfield
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003545:Cysteine / Q000032:analysis*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D003545:Cysteine; D002118:Calcium