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The stimulation of rat liver microsomal CDP-diacylglycerol formation by guanosine triphosphate. 1980

R G Liteplo, and M Sribney

GTP has been found to markedly enhance the formation of CDP-diacylglycerol in rat liver microsomes. Neither GDP, GMP nor the nonhydrolyzable analogues of GTP increased the synthesis of the liponucleotide. The GTP stimulation of phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase activity is inhibited by EDTA and NaF. GTP enhances the activity of the enzyme in a concentration-, time-, and temperature-dependent manner and preincubation of rat liver microsomes with GTP produces a persistently activated phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase. GTP reduces the Km for phosphatidic acid, but has no effect on either the Km for CTP or the Vmax of the reaction. GTP, by stimulating the activity of the phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase, enhances the formation of phosphatidylinositol from CTP, phosphatidic acid, and inositol. Evidence is presented suggesting that the mechanism by which GTP stimulates the activity of the phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase involves a covalent modification of the enzyme itself or a protein intimately associated with the phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
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
D009702	Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars		Diphosphate Sugars, Nucleoside,Sugars, Nucleoside Diphosphate
D009713	Nucleotidyltransferases	A class of enzymes that transfers nucleotidyl residues. EC 2.7.7.	Nucleotidyltransferase
D003567	Cytidine Diphosphate Diglycerides	The ester of diacylglycerol with the terminal phosphate of cytidine diphosphate. It serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine in bacteria.	CDP Diacylglycerols,CDP Diglycerides,Cytidine Diphosphodiacylglycerols,CDP-Diacylglycerol,CDP Diacylglycerol,Diacylglycerols, CDP,Diglycerides, CDP,Diglycerides, Cytidine Diphosphate,Diphosphate Diglycerides, Cytidine,Diphosphodiacylglycerols, Cytidine
D004789	Enzyme Activation	Conversion of an inactive form of an enzyme to one possessing metabolic activity. It includes 1, activation by ions (activators); 2, activation by cofactors (coenzymes); and 3, conversion of an enzyme precursor (proenzyme or zymogen) to an active enzyme.	Activation, Enzyme,Activations, Enzyme,Enzyme Activations
D006153	Guanosine Diphosphate	A guanine nucleotide containing two phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety.	GDP,Guanosine 5'-Diphosphate,Guanosine 5'-Trihydrogen Diphosphate,5'-Diphosphate, Guanosine,5'-Trihydrogen Diphosphate, Guanosine,Diphosphate, Guanosine,Diphosphate, Guanosine 5'-Trihydrogen,Guanosine 5' Diphosphate,Guanosine 5' Trihydrogen Diphosphate
D006157	Guanosine Monophosphate	A guanine nucleotide containing one phosphate group esterified to the sugar moiety and found widely in nature.	5'-Guanylic Acid,Guanosine 5'-Monophosphate,5'-GMP,Guanylic Acid,5' Guanylic Acid,5'-Monophosphate, Guanosine,Acid, 5'-Guanylic,Acid, Guanylic,Guanosine 5' Monophosphate,Monophosphate, Guanosine
D006160	Guanosine Triphosphate	Guanosine 5'-(tetrahydrogen triphosphate). A guanine nucleotide containing three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety.	GTP,Triphosphate, Guanosine
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