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  • Title: The phospholipid-dependence of UDP glucuronosyltransferase. Purification, delipidation and reconstitution of microsomal enzyme from guinea-pig liver.
    Author: Singh OM, Graham AB, Wood GC.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1981 May 15; 116(2):311-6. PubMed ID: 6788550.
    Abstract:
    In order to study the interaction of liver microsomal UDPglucuronosyltransferase and microsomal phospholipids under closely defined conditions, guinea-pig enzyme was purified to homogeneity (as judged by sodium dodecyl sulphate gel electrophoresis) by detergent-solubilisation, salt precipitation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and DEAE-Sephadex, and affinity chromatography on UDPglucuronosyl-diaminohexanyl--Sepharose 4B. The purified transferase, which catalysed the glucuronidation of p-nitrophenol with high specific activity, was associated with microsomal phospholipids, and phosphatidylcholine was the major species present; the transferase protein had a subunit molecular weight of about 55 000. The enzyme was almost completely inactivated by delipidation of the protein by hydroxyapatite chromatography and efficient reconstitution of high activity was observed only with fluid (microsomal and egg-yolk) phosphatidylcholines. These results confirm that microsomal UDPglucuronosyltransferase is phospholipid-dependent with a specific requirement for phosphatidylcholine.
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