[14] Choline/ethanolamine kinase from rat kidney

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Publisher SummaryCholine kinase (ATP:choline phosphotransferase) and ethanolamine kinase (ATP:ethanolamine O-phosphotransferase) catalyze the phosphorylation of choline/ethanolamine by ATP in the presence of Mg2+, yielding phosphocholine/phosphoethanolamine and ADP. This enzyme step commits choline (ethanolamine) to the CDPcholine (CDPethanolamine) pathway for the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine (phosphatidylethanolamine) in all animal cells. The chapter discusses different methods to assay choline kinase activity. The purification of choline/ethanolamine kinase from rat kidney is also discussed. Purification is started with the high-speed supernatant fraction from fresh kidneys (∼200 g wet weight). All procedures are carried out below 5°C. One of the most important features of choline/ethanolamine kinase is its inducibility in various experimental systems. Although the physiological significance of the inducibility has not yet been fully understood, the induction of choline/ethanolamine kinase by several means suggests that more than one mechanism could be involved in this process. Distinct mechanisms of choline kinase induction have been demonstrated between rooster liver by estrogens and rat liver by certain hepatotoxins. A new isozyme of choline/ethanolamine kinase appears to be preferentially induced in the latter case.

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