Amphiphilic and Nonamphiphilic Forms of Torpedo Cholinesterases: II. Electrophoretic Variants and Phosphatidylinositol Phospholipase C‐Sensitive and ‐Insensitive Forms
- 31 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 51 (3) , 786-794
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1988.tb01813.x
Abstract
We report an electrophoretic analysis of the hy-drophobic properties of the globular forms of acetylcholin-esterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) from various Torpedo tissues. In charge-shift electrophoresis, the rate of electrophoretic migration of globular amphiphilic forms (Ga) is increased at least twofold when the anionic detergent deoxycholate is added to Triton X-100, whereas that of globular nonamphiphilic forms (Gna) is not modified. The G2a forms of the first class, as defined by their aggregation properties, are converted to nonamphiphilic derivatives by phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C (PI-PLC) and human serum phospholipase D (PLD). AChE G2a forms from electric organs, nerves, skeletal muscle, and erythrocyte membranes correspond to this type, which also exists in very small quantities in detergent-solubilized extracts of electric lobes and spinal cord. They present different electrophoretic mobilities, so that each of these tissues contains a distinct “electromorph,” or two in the case of electric organs. The G2a forms of the second class (AChE in plasma, BuChE in heart), as well as G4a forms of AChE and BuChE, are insensitive to PI-PLC and PLD but may be converted to nonamphiphilic derivatives by Pronase.Keywords
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