Studies of rat brain choline ethanolamine phosphotransferases using labeled alkylacylglycerol as substrate with evidence for reversibility of the reactions. 1978

G Goracci, and L A Horrocks, and G Porcellati

Cholinephosphotransferase activity in brain microsomes may be assayed with labeled alkylacylglycerols or with CDP-choline with label in the phosphocholine with nearly identical results. The direct linear plot method was used for evaluation of Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters. Most of the cholinephosphotransferase activity is in microsomes and a stimulatory factor seems to be present in the cytosol. Incubation of microsomes with labeled alkylacylglycerols and CDP-choline, in the initial absence of CDP-ethanolamine, produced labeled ethanolamine glycerophospholipids as well as labeled choline glycerophospholipids. Since the labeling of ethanolamine glycerophospholipids was increased by the addition of CMP, the labeling was probably due to the reversal of ethanolamine phosphotransferase to yield CDP-ethanolamine produced by the choline phosphotransferase reaction. Cholinephosphotransferase was reversed more readily than ethanolaminephosphotransferase in brain as it is in liver (Kanok and Ohno, 1973). Only trace quantities of plasmalogens were formed with labeled alkylacylglycerols. Previous results of plasmalogen labeling from labeled CDP-nucleotides were apparently due to reversal of phosphotransferase reactions. Alkylacylglycerophospholipids are not good substrates for plasmalogen formation, even when they are incorporated into microsomes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008861 Microsomes Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; from Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) Microsome
D008862 Microsomes, Liver Closed vesicles of fragmented endoplasmic reticulum created when liver cells or tissue are disrupted by homogenization. They may be smooth or rough. Liver Microsomes,Liver Microsome,Microsome, Liver
D010770 Phosphotransferases A rather large group of enzymes comprising not only those transferring phosphate but also diphosphate, nucleotidyl residues, and others. These have also been subdivided according to the acceptor group. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.7. Kinases,Phosphotransferase,Phosphotransferases, ATP,Transphosphorylase,Transphosphorylases,Kinase,ATP Phosphotransferases
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D002798 Diacylglycerol Cholinephosphotransferase An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of phosphatidylcholines from CDPcholine and 1,2-diacylglycerols. EC 2.7.8.2. Cholinephosphotransferase,Phosphorylcholine-Glyceride Transferase,1-alkyl-2-Acetylglycerol Cholinephosphotransferase,CDP-Choline 1,2-Diglyceride Choline Phosphotransferase,CDP-Choline Cholinephosphotransferase,CDP-Diacylglycerol Synthase,Diacylglycerol-CDP Choline Phosphotransferase,PAF Phosphocholinetransferase,Phosphocholinetransferase,Phosphorylcholineglyceride Transferase,CDP Choline 1,2 Diglyceride Choline Phosphotransferase,CDP Choline Cholinephosphotransferase,CDP Diacylglycerol Synthase,Choline Phosphotransferase, Diacylglycerol-CDP,Cholinephosphotransferase, 1-alkyl-2-Acetylglycerol,Cholinephosphotransferase, CDP-Choline,Cholinephosphotransferase, Diacylglycerol,Diacylglycerol CDP Choline Phosphotransferase,Phosphocholinetransferase, PAF,Phosphorylcholine Glyceride Transferase,Phosphotransferase, Diacylglycerol-CDP Choline,Synthase, CDP-Diacylglycerol,Transferase, Phosphorylcholine-Glyceride,Transferase, Phosphorylcholineglyceride
D004075 Diglycerides Glycerides composed of two fatty acids esterified to the trihydric alcohol GLYCEROL. There are two possible forms that exist: 1,2-diacylglycerols and 1,3-diacylglycerols. Diacylglycerol,Diacylglycerols
D004983 Ethanolamines AMINO ALCOHOLS containing the ETHANOLAMINE; (-NH2CH2CHOH) group and its derivatives. Aminoethanols
D005989 Glycerides GLYCEROL esterified with FATTY ACIDS. Acylglycerol,Acylglycerols
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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