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. 1992 Sep 1;286(Pt 2):435–440. doi: 10.1042/bj2860435

Characterization of a Zn(2+)-requiring glycerophosphocholine cholinephosphodiesterase possessing p-nitrophenylphosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity.

D E Sok 1, M R Kim 1
PMCID: PMC1132917  PMID: 1326942

Abstract

p-Nitrophenylphosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity was purified 5000-fold from mouse brain by treatment of membranes with Bacillus cereus phospholipase C preparation and sequential chromatographies on concanavalin A-Sepharose and CM-Sephadex columns. The phosphodiesterase (Zn(2+)-requiring) showed Km and Vmax. values of 5.5 microM and 4.2 mumol/min per mg respectively in the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphocholine, and possessed an optimum pH of 10.5 and a molecular mass of approx. 74 kDa. The purified enzyme was found to convert glycerophosphocholine into glycerol and phosphocholine, with Km and Vmax. of 48 microM and 5 mumol/min per mg respectively. In the hydrolysis of glycerophosphocholine the enzyme also exhibited a Zn2+ requirement and optimal pH at 10.5. Additionally, the p-nitrophenylphosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity was competitively inhibited by glycerophosphocholine, with a Ki value of 50 microM. These observations, together with chromatographic behaviour and heat-denaturation analyses, indicate that both p-nitrophenylphosphocholine phosphodiesterase and glycerophosphocholine cholinephosphodiesterase activities reside in the same protein.

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