Ca2+ Stimulated Neutral Lipase Activity in Castor Bean Lipid Bodies 1

AUTOR(ES)

Hills, Matthew J.

RESUMO

The membranes of lipid bodies from the endosperm of seeds of Ricinus communis have long been known to contain an acid lipase (triacylglycerol acyl hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.3). The means by which fat hydrolysis is initiated and controlled in the endosperm of the young seedling are not yet understood, although it is generally assumed that the acid lipase is the enzyme responsible for the conversion of stored triacylglycerols to fatty acids and glycerol. However, the enzyme from seeds is not an effective catalyst at cytoplasmic pH since it has a pH optimum at 4.5 and is virtually inactive above pH 6.0. The results described in this paper show that during early growth of castor seeds the lipid bodies acquire a lipase which is active at neutral pH values. The lipase is absent from dry seeds, appears at day 3, and increases rapidly in activity until day 5. The pattern of appearance of the lipase mirrors that of other enzymes involved in the conversion of fat to sugar. The lipase is stimulated 40-fold by 30 micromolar free Ca2+ and the activity at pH 7.0 to 7.5 adequately accounts for the known rate of triacylglycerol hydrolysis in vivo.

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