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. 1989 Dec;91(4):1288–1295. doi: 10.1104/pp.91.4.1288

Lysophosphatidate Acyltransferase Activities in the Microsomes from Palm Endosperm, Maize Scutellum, and Rapeseed Cotyledon of Maturing Seeds 1

Khaik-Cheang Oo 1,2, Anthony H C Huang 1
PMCID: PMC1062181  PMID: 16667178

Abstract

Lysophosphatidate (LPA) acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.51) in the microsomes from palm endosperm (Syagrus cocoides Martius), maize scutellum (Zea mays L.), and rapeseed cotyledon (Brassica napus L.) of maturing seeds were studied for their specificities toward the acyl moiety of the substrates lysophosphatidate and acyl coenzyme A (CoA). The LPA acceptor greatly influenced the acyl CoA specificity of the enzyme and vice versa. With 1-oleoyl-lysophosphatidate (LPA-18:1), the palm enzyme was equally active on oleoyl CoA and lauroyl CoA, whereas the maize and rapeseed enzymes were more active on oleoyl CoA than on lauroyl CoA. With 1-lauroyl-lysophosphatidate (LPA-12), which generated less activity than LPA-18:1, the palm enzyme was three times more active on lauroyl CoA than on oleoyl CoA. LPA-12 was an inactive substrate for the maize and rapeseed enzymes. The selectivity of the enzymes was also studied using a mixture of LPA-18:1 and LPA-12, as well as lauroyl CoA and oleoyl CoA. Under this selectivity condition and compared to the specificity condition, the enzymes from all the three seeds exerted stronger preference for oleoyl moiety in either the LPA or acyl CoA, and again, only the palm enzyme could act on LPA-12. Similar studies, although in lesser detail, showed that the enzymes from soybean and castor bean were similar to the maize and rapeseed enzymes in having little activity on substrates containing lauroyl moiety. The results demonstrate the importance of the acyl group in the sn-1 position of LPA in determining the acyl preference in the sn-2 position in phosphatidate synthesis. The palm enzyme appears to be the only one capable of synthesizing phosphatidates containing high amounts of lauric moieties.

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