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. 2023 Oct 23;14:6694. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42478-x

Fig. 4. PlsMsmg does not display 2-acyl-G3P acyltransferase activity.

Fig. 4

The products of PlsMsmg acyltransferase reactions using 1-hydroxy-2-palmitoyl-G3P as the acceptor substrate and C18:1-CoA or C18:0-CoA as acyl donors were analyzed by LC/MS. a shows the generation of LPA acceptor substrates from 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-G3P upon phospholipase A1 digestion. Both sn-1 and sn-2 LPAs are found as a result of the spontaneous (non-enzymatic) transmigration of C16:0 from position sn-2 to position sn-1. b Incubation of this LPA mixture with PlsMsmg in the presence of C18:1-CoA or C18:0-CoA yields PA products harboring C16:0/C18:0 or C16:0/C18:1 acyl chains. c Digestion of these PA products with phospholipase A2 solely yields sn-1 LPA products harboring a C16:0 chain indicating that PlsMsmg transferred C18:0 or C18:1 to the sn-2 position of 1-palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-G3P rather than to the sn-1 position of 1-hydroxy-2-palmitoyl-G3P.