| Literature DB >> 7782280 |
J Westerman1, K J de Vries, P Somerharju, J L Timmermans-Hereijgers, G T Snoek, K W Wirtz.
Abstract
A phospholipid transfer protein was purified from chicken liver which, in addition to phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylcholine (PC), carries sphingomyelin (SM) between membranes. For comparison, the PI-transfer protein from chicken liver only carries PI and PC. Specificity was established by use of phospholipids that carry a pyrene-labeled acyl chain. Based on the N-terminal sequence and Western blot analysis we conclude that this protein is an isoform of the PI-transfer protein. At increasing length of the pyrene-labeled acyl chain, the isoform expresses a high activity toward SM, a low activity toward PI, and virtually no activity toward PC.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7782280 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.24.14263
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157