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8662651

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
One of the steps in the import of phosphatidylcholine (PC) in mitochondria is transmembrane movement across the outer membrane. This process was investigated in vitro using isolated mitochondrial outer membrane vesicles (OMV) from rat liver. 14C-Labeled PC was introduced into the OMV from small unilamellar vesicles by a PC-specific transfer protein (PCTP). The membrane topology of the newly introduced PC was determined from its accessibility to phospholipase A2. Under conditions where the OMV stay intact, externally added phospholipase A2 is able to hydrolyze up to 50% of both the introduced [14C]PC and the endogenous PC. Pool size calculations showed that close to 100% of the PC in the OMV can be exchanged by PCTP. A back-exchange experiment revealed that the introduction of the labeled PC is reversible. The results demonstrate that newly introduced PC molecules readily equilibrate over both leaflets of the OMV membrane. The kinetics of the PCTP-mediated exchange process indicate that the t1/2 of the transmembrane movement at 30 degrees C is 2 min or less.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11879-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Transmembrane movement of phosphatidylcholine in mitochondrial outer membrane vesicles.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't