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. 1978 Nov 15;176(2):475–484. doi: 10.1042/bj1760475

The hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol by lysosomal enzymes of rat liver and brain.

R F Irvine, N Hemington, R M Dawson
PMCID: PMC1186256  PMID: 743253

Abstract

1. Lysosomes from rat liver contain two enzymic systems for hydrolysing phosphatidyl-inositol: a deacylation via lysophosphatidylinositol producing glycerophosphoinositol and non-esterified fatty acid, and a phospholipase C-like cleavage into inositol 1-phosphate and diaclygycerol. 2. The separate enzyme systems involved can be distinguished by gel filtration, differential temperature-stability and the inhibitory action of detergents. 3. The enzyme systems both have pH optima at 4.8 and their attack on a pure phosphatidylinositol substrate is inhibited by many bivalent metals including Ca2+ and Mg2+, and cationic drugs. 4. Whereas the deacylation system will attack other glycerophospholipids, the phospholipase C shows a marked specificity towards phosphatidylinositol, although it will also slowly attach phosphatidylcholine with the liberation of phosphocholine. 5. Gel filtration and temperature-stability distinguish the phospholipase C from lysosomal phosphatidic acid phosphatase, but not from sphingomyelinase. 6. Evidence is presented that an EDTA-insensitive phospholipase C degrading phosphatidylinositol is present in rat brain.

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