| Literature DB >> 23768 |
R Franson, J Weiss, L Martin, J K Spitznagel, P Elsbach.
Abstract
Homogenates of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (granulocytes) contain a Ca2+-dependent phospholipase A with optimal activity pH7.0. This enzyme is membrane-bound and is enriched in crude cytoplasmic-granule fraction. Ratezonal centrifugation of the cytoplasmic-granule fraction demonstrates that the phospholipase A is associated not only with specific- and azurophilic-granule populations but also with an 'empty' vesicular fraction containing 85% of the total alkaline phosphatase activity of whole homogenate. Thus this phospholipase is associated with granule as well as with other cellular membranes of human granulocytes.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 23768 PMCID: PMC1183734 DOI: 10.1042/bj1670839
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857