Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism
Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism
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脂质代谢酶
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4615-9071-2
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发表时间:
1978
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通讯作者:
L. Freysz
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作者:
R. Rynbrandt;S. Gatt;L. Freysz
Phospho1ipase AZ from cobra venom (Naja naja naja) is a homogeneous, heat-stah1e enzyme that has a monomer mo1ecu1ar weight of on1y 11,000 and contains one histidine and one tryptophan residue. This enzyme acts optimallyon phospho1ipids contained in mixed mice11es with the nonionic detergent Triton X-100; the interactions of this detergent yith pho1§ho1ipid in the mixed mice11es have been e1ucidated with -'-Hand C-NMR. In reacting, the enzyme first associates with the mixed mice11e and then exhibits "surface dilution kinetics" in its reaction with substrate. Re cent studies show that various reagents comp1ete1y inactivate this phospho1ipase AZ resu1ting in the modification of the histidine in on1y one-ha1f of the enzyme molecules. These resu1ts suggest that the histidine residue, which is essential for activity, exhibits "ha1fsi te reactivity." These and other experiments are interpreted in terms of a model that suggests that the monomeric enzyme forms an asymmetrie dimer or higher order aggregate at the 1ipid-water interface. The studies which are described on the interaction of the phospholipase AZ with mixed mice11es serve as a general model system for understanding detergent effects on the assay of lipid enzymes.