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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 2, 700-705, 01, 1990
ZU Khan and GM Helmkamp Jr
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
The effect of rat liver phosphatidylcholine transfer protein on the incorporation of CDP-choline and dioleoylglycerol into phosphatidylcholine catalyzed by rat liver microsomal CDP-choline: 1,2- diacyl-sn-glycerol cholinephosphotransferase was studied. In the presence of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein, the incorporation of CDP-choline into phosphatidylcholine was markedly stimulated. Phosphatidylcholine transfer protein isolated from either rat or bovine liver was capable of this stimulatory effect; in contrast, phosphatidylinositol transfer protein from rat liver had no effect on phosphatidylcholine synthesis. Kinetic analysis showed that microsomal phosphatidylcholine synthesis increased 2.4-fold after 1 min and reached a maximum of approximately 10-fold within 10 min in the presence of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein; in the absence of this protein phosphatidylcholine synthesis stopped after 2-4 min. These results suggest that phosphatidylcholine transfer protein permits phosphatidylcholine synthesis to proceed further. With the addition of phospholipid vesicles, as an acceptor membrane in the reaction mixture, there was a significant amount of protein-mediated transfer of synthesized phosphatidylcholine to the vesicles. Measurable transfer of synthesized phosphatidylcholine to vesicles could only be detected after a lag of 2-4 min. The stimulation of cholinephosphotransferase could be nearly abolished by increasing the amount of added phospholipid vesicles; concurrently, a greater transfer to the vesicles was observed. These results describe a new property of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein which may be of physiological significance in the regulation of phosphatidylcholine synthesis in mammalian tissues.
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