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  • Title: Substrate interferes with dimerisation of outer membrane phospholipase A.
    Author: Kingma RL, Egmond MR.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 2002 Apr 10; 516(1-3):31-4. PubMed ID: 11959097.
    Abstract:
    Outer membrane phospholipase A (OMPLA) activity is regulated by reversible dimerisation with the dimer being the active species. Observed lag phases in activity indicated that dimerisation may be slow relative to turnover. A covalent OMPLA dimer indeed did not display lag phase behaviour. A model for OMPLA kinetics was proposed accounting for a slow dimerisation step. Preincubation conditions determined the initial amount of monomer and influenced both lag times and final activities. Under the conditions used, substrate concentrations higher than 50 mol% inhibited OMPLA activity and increased lag times. Our results may shed more light on mechanisms controlling OMPLA activity in vivo.
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