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Characterization of lipases from the lipid bodies and microsomal membranes of erucic acid-free oilseed-rape (Brassica napus) cotyledons.

ABSTRACT: Lipase (triacylglycerol lipase, EC 3.1.1.3) activities have been reported previously in the lipid body and microsomal membranes of oilseed-rape (Brassica napus cv. Andor) seedlings, but conflicting data made it unclear whether there was one lipase in the lipid bodies, with the microsomal activity being attributable to fragments of lipid-body membrane, or if there were two separate lipase activities. In the present study, simultaneous characterization of the lipases under identical conditions showed they differed substantially in their pH-activity curves, kinetics and substrate specificities. (1) The kinetics of the microsomal lipase showed that the rate of lipolysis reached a plateau at concentrations above 5 mM, whereas the lipid-body lipase showed a linear increase in activity with substrate concentration up to 20 mM. (2) The pH optimum of the microsomal lipase was 7.5, whereas that of the lipid-body lipase was 9.0. The microsomal lipase was greatly inhibited at higher pH values, whereas the lipid-body lipase was much less affected. (3) Activity of the microsomal lipase was greatly diminished when substrates with longer chain length were used, and enhanced 4-fold if the substrates contained a single double bond. The lipid-body lipase was relatively unaffected by the type of fatty acid in the triacylglycerol. (4) SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis showed little or no cross-contamination of the lipid-body and microsomal fractions. (5) The microsomal lipase activity comprised 75-80% of the total extracted.

SUBMITTER: Hills MJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1148761 | biostudies-other | 1988 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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