Regulation of phospholipase A2 activity by the lipid-water interface: a monolayer approach

Interfacial regulation of phospholipase A2 activity on lecithin monolayers was investigated by using radioactively labeled enzyme. Labeling of the protein with 125I did not produce a change of the enzyme and protein properties as compared to the 3H fully amidinated phospholipase A2. The induction ti...

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Published in:Biochemistry (Easton) 1979-06, Vol.18 (13), p.2691-2697
Main Authors: Pattus, F, Slotboom, A. J, De Haas, G. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
Animals
Kinetics
Membranes, Artificial
Phosphatidylcholines
Phospholipases - metabolism
Phospholipases A - metabolism
Phospholipases A2
Pressure
Protein Binding
Substrate Specificity
Surface Properties
Swine
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Summary:Interfacial regulation of phospholipase A2 activity on lecithin monolayers was investigated by using radioactively labeled enzyme. Labeling of the protein with 125I did not produce a change of the enzyme and protein properties as compared to the 3H fully amidinated phospholipase A2. The induction time observed during pre-steady-state kinetics reflects the rate-limiting step of the penetration of the enzyme in the interface. This penetration is reversible. However, in the surface pressure range where the enzyme is able to hydrolyze the lecithin films, the desorption of the protein from the film is slow as compared to the adsorption. Below a surface pressure of 10 dyn/cm nonspecific adsorption occurs. Using lecithins with fatty acids of different chain lengths, we have shown that the kinetics of the penetration process is governed by the packing density of the substrate molecules independent of the surface pressure. However, the steady-state surface concentration of the enzyme increases with the fatty acyl chain length of the lecithin, indicating that hydrophobic interaction occurs between phospholipase A2 and the lipid molecules at the interface. From the lecithins used pancreatic phospholipase A2 preferentially splits substrate molecules with nine carbon atoms in the acyl chain.
ISSN:0006-2960
1520-4995
DOI:10.1021/bi00580a001