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We have studied the activities of 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphohydrolase, 1,2-diacylglycerol: CDPethanolamine phosphoethanolamine transferase (EC 2.7.8.1), and 1,2-diacylglycerol: CDPcholine phosphocholine transferase (EC 2.7.8.2) in developing rat brain gray matter and white matter. The specific activity of cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase was 5–8 fold higher in white matter than in gray matter at all ages. No significant changes were observed during development. The specific activity of phosphocholine transferase was 2 to 3 fold higher than phosphoethanolamine transferase at all ages both in gray and white matter. Both phosphocholine transferase and phosphoethanolamine transferase increased more than 2 fold in specific activity between 14 and 90 days of age. The total activity of phosphocholine transferase also showed an increase during development. The apparentK m values for nucleotides and dicaprin were similar in gray matter and white matter. Except for lowK m values for nucleotides at 14 days of age, no significant changes were observed during development. Changes in rates of glycerophospholipid synthesis may be partly due to the specific activities of these enzymes but are also determined by the quantities of substrates and inhibitors and by affinities for the substrates.
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Reddy, T.S., Horrocks, L.A. Phosphoethanolamine and phosphocholine transferases in gray matter and white matter from developing rat brain. Neurochem Res 10, 1445–1452 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988858
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