Author:
Bozzato Richard P.,Woolley Drew,Tinker David O.
Abstract
The properties of the phosphatidylcholine (PC) transfer reaction catalyzed by the yeast phospholipid transfer protein (TP-I) were examined in vitro. Donor and acceptor membranes consisted of unilamellar (ULV) and multilamellar (MLV) vesicles, respectively. The phospholipid composition of the membranes participating in the transfer reaction, and in particular that of the MLV acceptors, have a tremendous effect upon the rate of PC-catalyzed transfer. Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is an essential component of the acceptor membrane, but it alone is not sufficient to sustain appreciable transfer rates. If combined in an equimolar ratio with PC, there is only a modest increase in transfer rates. On the other hand, when combined with alternate substrates such as phosphatidylinositol (PI) or phosphatidylserine (PS), very high rates of PC transfer occur. The measurement of transfer rates is not affected by the molecular species of PC used as the radioactive tracer. Evidence is also presented to indicate that the two forms of the transfer protein (TP-I and TP-II) are not identical in terms of their interactions with a membrane surface: differences occur in the levels of transfer of PC, PE, PI, and PS at equilibrium. Finally, by kinetic analysis, the mechanism of the protein-catalyzed transfer of PC is shown to conform to a ping-pong bibi model with excess substrate inhibition, analogous to ordinary two-substrate enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Both the rates of desorption and adsorption of the protein from the surface of the ULV are much greater than those describing the similar interactions of the protein with MLV. In fact the rate-limiting step in this reaction is desorption of the protein from the MLV surface.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
Cited by
8 articles.
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