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  • Title: Comparative chemical and immunological characterization of five lipolytic enzymes (carboxylesterases) from rat liver microsomes.
    Author: Mentlein R, Schumann M, Heymann E.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1984 Nov 01; 234(2):612-21. PubMed ID: 6208846.
    Abstract:
    The chemical and immunological properties of five closely related microsomal serine hydrolases (carboxylesterases) from rat liver have been compared to evaluate whether they are variants of a single protein or independent proteins. These enzymes represent medium-chain-length acylcarnitine hydrolase, palmitoyl carnitine hydrolase, medium-chain-length monoglyceride hydrolase, and two long-chain monoglyceride hydrolases. All enzymes have similar subunit Mr's (58,000-61,000) and bear one active site per protein subunit, as could be shown by active sites with radioactive bis(4-nitrophenyl)phosphate, and have subsequently been cleft by proteases or by BrCN. The patterns of radioactive peptides obtained after electrophoresis or thin-layer chromatography indicated that the two long chain monoglyceride hydrolases were closely related, while all other hydrolases differed from these and from each other. The two long-chain monoglyceride hydrolases also had identical N- and C-termini that differed from those of the other hydrolases. All hydrolases contain low amounts of hexoses. It is concluded that the hydrolases investigated represent four independent enzymes with differing amino acid sequences. Three of the four hydrolases were microheterogenous. These results were confirmed with an immunological study using rabbit antisera against three of the hydrolases. Heparin-releasable liver lipase was not cross-reactive with the lipolytic enzymes investigated here.
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