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. 1988 Oct 15;255(2):629–637.

The role of hydrophobic interactions in the phospholipid-dependent activation of protein kinase C.

G T Snoek 1, A Feijen 1, W J Hage 1, W van Rotterdam 1, S W de Laat 1
PMCID: PMC1135273  PMID: 3202836

Abstract

The effects of hydrophobic interaction on the activation of Ca2+-stimulated phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C), isolated from mouse brain, by phosphatidylserine (PS) and diacylglycerol (DAG) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate were studied. To maintain bilayer structure during assay conditions, phosphatidylcholine was added to the PS vesicles. The vesicular structure of all types of PS was confirmed by freeze-fracture electron microscopy. The PS-dependent activation of purified protein kinase C from mouse brain is affected by the fatty acid composition of PS: an inverse relationship between the unsaturation index of PS (isolated from bovine heart, bovine spinal cord or bovine brain) and the ability to activate protein kinase C was demonstrated. In highly saturated PS lipid dispersions, only slight additional activation of protein kinase C by DAG was found, in contrast with highly unsaturated PS lipid dispersion, where DAG increased protein kinase C activity by 2-3-fold at optimal PS concentrations. We quantified the formation of the protein kinase C-Ca2+-PS-phorbol ester complex by using [3H]phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate [( 3H]PDBu). The efficiency of complex-formation, determined as the amount of [3H]PDBu bound, is not affected by variations in the hydrophobic part of PS. These results indicate a role of the hydrophobic part of the activating phospholipid in the activation mechanism of protein kinase C and in the action of cofactors.

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