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Study of properties of cholinephosphotransferase from fetal guinea pig lung mitochondria and microsomes

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We have reported earlier that cholinephosphotransferase (EC 2.7.8.2) is present in both mitochondria and microsomes of fetal guinea pig lung. This study was designed to compare the properties of mitochondrial and microsomal cholinephosphotransferase in fetal guinea pig lung. Various parameters, such as substrate specificity, Km values, sensitivity to N-ethylmaleimide, dithiothreitol and trypsin were measured. Both showed significant preference for unsaturated diacylglycerols over saturated diacylglycerols. Data on Km and Vmax indicate that the affinity of this enzyme for different diacylglycerols varies between the two forms. The ID50 values for N-ethylmaleimide were 20 mM and 12.5 mM for the mitochondrial and microsomal form of the enzyme, respectively. Dithiothreitol showed an inhibitory effect on both; however, the mitochondrial form was inhibited less than the microsomal form. The effects of N-ethylmaleimide and dithiothreitol on both forms of enzyme indicated that the microsomal cholinephosphotransferase requires a higher concentration of -SH for its activity than the mitochondrial enzyme does. The enzyme was inhibited by trypsin in both mitochondria and microsome under isotonic condition suggesting that this enzyme is on the outside of the membrane in both endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.

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    Sukla Ghosh, Patricia W. Oten, Shymali Mukherjee & Salil K. Das

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Ghosh, S., Oten, P.W., Mukherjee, S. et al. Study of properties of cholinephosphotransferase from fetal guinea pig lung mitochondria and microsomes. Mol Cell Biochem 101, 157–166 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00229532

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