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There has been some disagreement on the nomenclature for the enzymes attacking phospholipids. Fortunately, one contingency has been clarified by general usage. Since it has been shown that most of these enzymes attack other phospholipids besides phosphotidylcholine1 (lecithin), the term phospholipase2 has slowly superseded the name lecithinase. There is still, however, no unanimity of opinion on the designation of the bonds hydrolyzed by phospholipases C and D. In the present case, the scheme suggested by Contabdi and Ercoli (1933) and
Sites of attack of the different phospholipases. “Activator” refers to those compounds which enhance the development of a net negative charge on the lecithin molecule (see text, phospholipase B).
adopted by Hanahan (1957) will be used. Fig. 1 shows the sites of action of phospholipase A, B, C, and D on lecithin. With the exception of phospholipase C, most of the investigations on the phospholipases have been carried out in material obtained from sources other than plants. It will be apparent from brief discussions presented in this section that there is a need for further investigations of these enzymes as they occur in plants.
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Abbreviations
- PS:
-
phosphatidylserine
- GPC:
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glycerolphosphorylcholine
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Barron, E.J. (1964). Phospholipases. In: Linskens, H.F., Sanwal, B.D., Tracey, M.V. (eds) Modern Methods of Plant Analysis / Moderne Methoden der Pflanzenanalyse. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis / Moderne Methoden der Pflanzenanalyse, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48141-3_13
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